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. 2007 Nov 19;179(4):575–582. doi: 10.1083/jcb.200709039

Table I. Diseases related to ciliary defects.

Defects in motile cilia Defects in primary cilia
Symptoms Symptoms
Respiratory tract infections,
    bronchiectasis, sinusitis,
    male infertility, situs inversus,
    hydrocephalus
Cysts in kidney, liver, pancreas;
    polycystic kidney disease;
    nephronophthisis;
    type 2 diabetes
Sensory defects
Retinal degeneration,
    anosmia (loss of smell),
    hearing impairment
Syndromes Neurological disorders
Primary ciliary dyskinesia,
    Kartagener's syndrome,
    Siewert syndrome
Neural tube closure and
    neural patterning defects,
    hydrocephalus, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy,
    cognitive disorders
Other
Polydactyly, obesity,
    urological dysfunction, situs inversus
Syndromes
Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Meckel-Gruber syndrome,
    Von Hippel Lindau disease, Loken-Senior syndrome,
    Alstrom syndrome