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Primary ciliary dyskinesia causes

Introduction

Overview

Overview

There are no established causes for Primary ciliary dyskinesia.PCD is related to defects in mucociliary clearance due to abnormal ciliary structure. Mutations in around 46 different genes throughout the genome have been found to be causative. Some of these include DNAH5, CCDC39, DNAI1, CCDC40, DNAH11, ZMYND10, CCDC103, CCDC151 and ARMC4.

Causes

Causes

There are no established causes for Primary ciliary dyskinesia.

References

References

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hafsa Ghaffar, M.B.B.S[2]