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Familial Gingival Fibromatosis With Unusual Histologic Findings
Author(s) -
Günhan Ömer,
Gardner David G.,
Bostanci Hamit,
Günhari Meral
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1995.66.11.1008
Subject(s) - odontogenic , medicine , fibromatosis , pathology , epithelium
T his article describes the occurrence of numerous calcifications, amyloid deposits, and islands of odontogenic epithelium in the gingiva of 3 siblings with familial gingival fibromatosis. These microscopic features have not been reported previously in patients with this condition. J Periodontol 1995;66:1008–1011 .