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Localisation of a gene for prepubertal periodontitis to chromosome 11q14 and identification of a cathepsin C gene mutation.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 2000
Hart T C, Hart P S, Michalec M D, Zhang Y, Marazita M L, Cooper M, Yassin O M, Nusier M, Walker S
Abstract excerpt
Prepubertal periodontitis (PPP) is a rare and rapidly progressive disease of young children that results in destruction of the periodontal support of the primary dentition. The condition may occur as part of a recognised syndrome or may occur as an isolated finding. Both autosomal dominant and recessive forms of Mendelian transmission have been reported for PPP. We report a consanguineous Jordanian family with...
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