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Transitory ultrastructural abnormalities of cilia

1982; Elsevier BV; Volume: 76; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0007-0971(82)90033-x

1878-2426

Jonathan Rutland, Theresa Cox, A Dewar, Peter Cole, J. O. Warner,

Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances

We report a patient with chronic respiratory tract disease and ultrastructural abnormalities of nasal cilia at first interpreted as being consistent with a primary ciliary defect. Subsequent sampling of nasal ciliated epithelium from the same area failed to reveal the defects of structure. Abnormalities of ciliary ultrastructure found on a single occasion, especially in the presence of acute inflammation, should be interpreted with caution.