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Ciliary Pathology: Immotile Cilia Syndrome and Kartagener Syndrome

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(2005). Ciliary Pathology: Immotile Cilia Syndrome and Kartagener Syndrome. In: Functional Ultrastructure. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-211-26392-6_115

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