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- Title
Mendelian forms of periodontitis.
- Authors
Hart, Thomas C.; Atkinson, Jane C.
- Abstract
The article presents various forms of Mendelian genetic diseases with associated periodontitis. These include neutrophil disorders, inherited neutropenias and type1 and type 2 congenital neutropenia. It also discusses the characteristics of periodontis which is a continuous destruction of the structures that supports the teeth. The disease is recognized etiologically as multifactorial wherein a number of factors including environmental, microbial and behavioral affects its genetic expression.
- Subjects
NEUTROPENIA; PERIODONTITIS; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; GENETIC disorders; PERIODONTAL disease
- Publication
Periodontology 2000, 2007, Vol 45, Issue 1, p95
- ISSN
0906-6713
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0757.2007.00233.x