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Meta-Analysis
. 2019 Jul 25;19(1):135.
doi: 10.1186/s12890-019-0897-4.

Primary ciliary dyskinesia in Japan: systematic review and meta-analysis

Atsushi Inaba  1   2 , Masanori Furuhata  1   3   4 , Kozo Morimoto  5 , Mahbubur Rahman  6 , Osamu Takahashi  6 , Minako Hijikata  1 , Michael R Knowles  7 , Naoto Keicho  8
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Meta-Analysis

Primary ciliary dyskinesia in Japan: systematic review and meta-analysis

Atsushi Inaba et al. BMC Pulm Med. .

Abstract

Background: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disorder. Although the genetic tests and new diagnostic algorithms have recently been recommended, clinical signs and electron microscope (EM) findings have historically been the mainstays of diagnosis in Asia. To characterize PCD previously reported in Japan, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods: A search using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Japana Centra Revuo Medicina (in Japanese) databases was carried out to identify articles reporting PCD, Kartagener syndrome, or immotile cilia syndrome in Japanese patients and published between 1985 and 2015.

Results: After excluding duplication from 334 reports, we extracted 316 patients according to the criteria. Diagnosis was most frequently made in adulthood (148 patients [46.8%] ≥ 18 years old, 24 patients [7.6%] < 1 year old, 68 patients [21.5%] 1-17 years old and 76 patients [24.1%] lacking information). Of the 230 patients (72.8%) who received EM examination, there were patients with inner dynein arm (IDA) defects (n = 55; 23.9%), outer dynein arm (ODA) defects (14; 6.1%), both ODA and IDA defects (57; 24.8%), other structural abnormalities (25; 10.9%), no abnormalities (4; 1.7%), and no detailed conclusion or description (75; 32.6%).

Conclusion: Delayed diagnosis of this congenital disease with high frequency of IDA defects and low frequency of ODA defects appear to be historical features of PCD reported in Japan, when EM was a main diagnostic tool. This review highlights problems experienced in this field, and provides basic information to establish a modernized PCD diagnosis and management system in the future.

Keywords: Electron microscopy; Immotile cilia syndrome; Kartagener syndrome; Meta-analysis; Primary ciliary dyskinesia; Systematic review.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Authors’ affiliations (n = 334)
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