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Kartagener syndrome: A genetic syndrome characterized by sinusitis, bronchiectasis (widening and inflammation of the bronchi), dextrocardia (heart on the right side), and infertility. The syndrome is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.
Kartagener syndrome is usually due to mutation in the gene called DNAI1 (axonemal dynein intermediate chain) which is in chromosome region 9p21-p13. However, linkage studies have mapped the disease gene to 5p and 19q in some families, indicating that Kartagener syndrome is more than one genetic entity.
Camner and coworkers [2] first suggested ciliary dyskinesia as the cause of Kartagener syndrome in 1975. They described 2 patients with Kartagener syndrome who ...
Information about Kartagener syndrome (primary ciliary dyskinesia), including its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Kartagener (pronounced KART-agayner) syndrome refers to a condition that involves difficulty with clearing mucus secretions from the respiratory tract, male infertility ...
Hereditary syndrome with a triad of: situs inversus (transposition) of the viscera, abnormal frontal sinuses producing sinusitis and bronchiectasis, and immobility of the ...
Kartagener's Syndrome: cause, treatments, symptoms, prevention, risks, complications, long-term outlook