Papillon-Lefevre syndrome: Report of two cases in the same family
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Papillon-Lefevre syndrome: Report of two cases in the same family.
Papillon-Lefevre syndrome is a very rare syndrome of autosomal recessive inheritance characterized by palmar-plantar hyperkeratosis and early onset of a severe destructive periodontitis, leading to premature loss of both primary and permanent dentitions. Various etiopathogenic factors are associated with the syndrome but a recent report has suggested that the condition is linked to mutations of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0970-4388
DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.41622