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Periodontal manifestation of hypophosphatasia. A family case report
Author(s) -
Plagmann HansChristian,
Kocher Thomas,
Kuhrau Norbert,
Caliebe Almuth
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1994.tb00791.x
Subject(s) - hypophosphatasia , medicine , pathological , deciduous teeth , dentistry , pathology , pediatrics , alkaline phosphatase , biology , enzyme , biochemistry
Hypophosphatasia is a rare inherited disease, the 1st clinical sign of which is often a premature loss of deciduous teeth. We describe clinical, histological and SEM findings of 2 cases of hypophosphatasia from a single family and discuss the pathological mechanisms with reference to the literature.