Hydrocephalus, bronchiectasis, and ciliary aplasia.
- 1 May 1990
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 65 (5) , 543-544
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.65.5.543
Abstract
A girl presented in the neonatal period with hydrocephalus, bronchiectasis, and ciliary aplasia. A common defect both in respiratory tract cilia and in ventricular ependyma cilia may explain the association of the two diseases.Keywords
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