Eustachian Tube Growth and Development: Anatomy/Function. Protocol Description. This study measures Eustachian tube function and facial growth over time in three groups of children: one with recurrent ear infections, one with chronic middle ear fluid, and one with little past history of otitis media.
Causes of Kartagener syndrome. Kartagener syndrome is caused by a mutation in the DNAI1 gene, which makes a cellular protein required for normal functioning cilia (cilia line the respiratory tract) and sperm motility.
It is caused by an abnormal amyloid transthyretin (TTR) protein, which is made in the liver. This protein is responsible for the most common forms of hereditary amyloidosis. Senile systemic amyloidosis (SSA). This is caused deposits of normal TTR in the heart and other tissues.