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CorrespondenceCiliary Beat Pattern Analysis Below 37°C May Increase Risk of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Misdiagnosis
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To the Editor
We read with interest the article by Smith et al1 published in CHEST (July 2011). The authors analyzed ciliary function in 14 nasal turbinate brushing biopsy specimens that provided ciliated epithelium from healthy human volunteers. The authors stated that ciliary function was maintained at temperatures ranging between 37°C and 2°C, contrary to previous research suggesting that cilia stop beating at 4°C,2, 3, 4 and a sigmoid relationship between ciliary beat frequency (CBF) and temperature was
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