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Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia as a Cause of Neonatal Respiratory Distress: Implications for the Neonatologist

Journal of Perinatology volume 23, pages 684–687 (2003)Cite this article

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We report two cases of term infants who presented with prolonged respiratory distress, rhinitis, and situs inversus. A high index of suspicion led to the diagnosis of Kartagener Syndrome, which is a subgroup of primary ciliary dyskinesia, in the immediate neonatal period.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Ann R. Stark, MD, for critical review of the manuscript, Howard Mulhern for technical assistance in electron microscopy at Children's Hospital and Gunnlaugur P. Nielsen, MD, and Martin K. Selig at the Diagnostic Electron Microscopy Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, for consultation and assistance.

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  1. Division of Neonatology (T.H.), Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Tanzeema Hossain MBChB

  2. Department of Pediatrics (M.D.K.), MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, MA, USA

    Michael D Kappelman MD

  3. Department of Pathology (A.R.P.-A.), Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Antonio R Perez-Atayde MD

  4. Department of Medicine (G.J.Y.), Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Gregory J Young MD

  5. Division of Neonatology (K.M.H.), MassGeneral Hospital for Children and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Kenneth M Huttner MD, PhD

  6. Division of Neonatology (H.C.), Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Helen Christou MD

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Hossain, T., Kappelman, M., Perez-Atayde, A. et al. Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia as a Cause of Neonatal Respiratory Distress: Implications for the Neonatologist. J Perinatol 23, 684–687 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7210987

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