Title of article
a case report of kartagener syndrome
Author/Authors
moradi, mahnaz qazvin university of medical sciences - school of nursing and midwifery - department of critcal care nursing, qazvin, iran , yekefallah, leili qazvin university of medical sciences - school of nursing and midwifery - department of critcal care nursing, qazvin, iran , zohal, mohammadali qazvin university of medical sciences - school of medicine - department of internal medicine, qazvin, iran , namdar, peyman qazvin university of medical sciences - school of medicine - department of surgery, qazvin, iran
From page
284
To page
293
Abstract
primary ciliary dyskinesia (pcd) and kartagener syndrome (ks) are rare genetic disorders. pcd occurs in patients with recurrent sino-pulmonary infection, dextrocardia, chronic vasomotor rhinitis, and bronchiectasis. this study reports a rare case of ks for having further awareness of this disease. according to this study, this disease should be considered in patients with recurrent respiratory infections, because early diagnosis and timely treatment of these patients can lead to reduced irreversible complications and increased life expectancy.
Keywords
primary ciliary dyskinesia , kartagener syndrome , dextrocardia , situs inversus
Journal title
Journal of Inflammatory Diseases
Journal title
Journal of Inflammatory Diseases
Record number
2698082
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