Diseases

Kartagener Syndrome

An autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a triad of DEXTROCARDIA; INFERTILITY; and SINUSITIS. The syndrome is caused by mutations of DYNEIN genes encoding motility proteins which are components of sperm tails, and CILIA in the respiratory and the reproductive tracts.

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An autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a triad of DEXTROCARDIA; INFERTILITY; and SINUSITIS. The syndrome is caused by mutations of DYNEIN genes encoding motility proteins which are components of sperm tails, and CILIA in the respiratory and the reproductive tracts.

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  • Dextrocardia, Bronchiectasis, and Sinusitis
  • Kartagener Triad
  • Kartagener's Syndrome
  • Kartagener's Triad
  • Siewert Syndrome
  • Kartageners Syndrome
  • Kartageners Triad
  • Syndrome, Kartagener
  • Syndrome, Kartagener's
  • Syndrome, Siewert
  • Ciliary Dyskinesia, Primary, 1
  • Ciliary Dyskinesia, Primary, 1, With Or Without Situs Inversus
  • Polynesian Bronchiectasis
  • Bronchiectasis, Polynesian
  • Polynesian Bronchiectases

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2002 (1963); for CILIARY DYSKINESIA, PRIMARY use CILIARY MOTILITY DISORDERS 1992-2001

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Kartagener Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007619. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007619
  2. Kartagener Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartagener_syndrome
  3. Kartagener Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18928105