Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disease characterized by dyskinetic cilia.
Respiratory symptoms usually start at birth. The lack of diagnostic gold standard tests is …

Background Diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is challenging since there is no
gold standard test. The European Respiratory (ERS) and American Thoracic (ATS) Societies …

Respiratory diseases account for over 5 million deaths yearly and are a huge burden to
healthcare systems worldwide. Murine models have been of paramount importance to …

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) causes cellular cilia motility alterations, leading to clinical
manifestations in the upper and lower respiratory tract and situs abnormalities. The PCD …

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare disease resulting from a defect in ciliary function
that generates, among other issues, chronic upper and lower respiratory tract infections …

Primary ciliary dyskinesia is a heterogeneous, inherited motile ciliopathy in which respiratory
cilia beat abnormally, and some ultrastructural ciliary defects and specific genetic mutations …

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), a disorder of the motile cilia, is now recognised as an
underdiagnosed cause of bronchiectasis. Accurate PCD diagnosis comprises clinical …

Rationale Direct visualisation of ciliary beat pattern (CBP) and ciliary beat frequency (CBF)
has been recommended as the first-line diagnostic test in patients suspected of having …

Background: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disorder which requires a
complex diagnostic workup. Thus, an easy and widely available screening method would be …

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disorder affecting motile cilia in the
respiratory tract. 1 The estimated prevalence is 1: 7500 to 1: 15,000, although recent studies …