| Literature DB >> 1728552 |
B Niggemann1, A Müller, A Nolte, N Schnoy, U Wahn.
Abstract
A 7-year-old Turkish boy had suffered from chronic coughing from early childhood. Severe bronchiectasis in the right lung was confirmed by bronchography. Ciliary beat frequency determined in a bronchial mucosal biopsy was markedly decreased (5.7 Hz). Electron microscopy revealed cilia with a length of 15 microns. No structural abnormality was found. A possible link between the abnormally long, slow beating cilia and the clinical symptoms is discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1728552 DOI: 10.1007/bf02073899
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Pediatr ISSN: 0340-6199 Impact factor: 3.183