Kartagener syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Kartagener syndrome, or a subtype of Kartagener syndrome,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Kartagener syndrome as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Kartagener syndrome: Introduction
Complications of Kartagener syndrome:
see complications of Kartagener syndrome
Causes of Kartagener syndrome: see causes of Kartagener syndrome
Symptoms of Kartagener syndrome: see symptoms of Kartagener syndrome
Complications of Kartagener syndrome: see complications of Kartagener syndrome
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Kartagener syndrome.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Kartagener syndrome.
Treatments for Kartagener syndrome:
see treatments for Kartagener syndrome
Research for Kartagener syndrome:
see research for Kartagener syndrome
Main name of condition: Kartagener syndrome
Other names or spellings for Kartagener syndrome:chronic sinobronchial disease and dextrocardia, dextrocardia, bronchiectasis and sinusitis, Kartagener triad, primary ciliary dyskinesia, Kartagener type, Siewert syndrome, situs inversus, bronchiectasis and sinusitis, Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 1, Immotile cilia syndrome, Kartagener type
Siewert syndrome
Source - Diseases Database
Dextrocardia, bronchiectasis, and sinusitis, Siewert syndrome
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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