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Case Study on Kartagener Syndrome

Amirtha Santhi. S, Kasthuri I.

Abstract


Kartagener’s syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disease caused by hereditary. The cause for this syndrome is the mutation of many genes. In Kartagener’s syndrome,the cilia areaffected and it leads to many morbidities. In this syndrome, there is a condition called situs inversus, in which the abdominal organs present in mirror image. There is no known particular treatment which can cure the Kartagener’s syndrome, so only the symptoms are treated.


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