PERIODONTAL MANIFESTATION OF HYPOPHOSPHATASIA - A FAMILY CASE-REPORT

Citation
Hc. Plagmann et al., PERIODONTAL MANIFESTATION OF HYPOPHOSPHATASIA - A FAMILY CASE-REPORT, Journal of clinical periodontology, 21(10), 1994, pp. 710-716
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
ISSN journal
03036979
Volume
21
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
710 - 716
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-6979(1994)21:10<710:PMOH-A>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Hypophosphatasia is a rare inherited disease, the 1st clinical sign of which is often a premature loss of deciduous teeth. We describe clini cal, histological and SEM findings of 2 cases of hypophosphatasia from a single family and discuss the pathological mechanisms with referenc e to the literature.