Koa Hosoki, Takao Fujisawa, Sawako Masuda, Satoko Usui, Hiroaki Ito, Mizuho Nagao, Akihiko Terada, Kousei Iguchi, Satoru Ogawa, Kaname Nakatani, Kazuhiko Takeuchi
We report a case of 18-old girl with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) who had been diagnosed as asthma. Since birth, she had presented with unexplained productive cough, sputum, rhinorrhea, and stridor with situs solitus. Her familial history was negative for PCD. At 2 years of age, ciliary beat frequency and beat pattern were normal. She was diagnosed as rhinosinusitis, chronic secretory otitis media. At 3 years of age, she was diagnosed as asthma because of wheezing not associated with respiratory infection...
July 2010: Arerugī, [Allergy]