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Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome: analysis of HLA antigens.
Oral diseases - 1 Sept 2000
Nitta H, Kato H, Umeda M, Kuwata S, Ishikawa I
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome (PLS) is a rare disease associated with prepubertal periodontitis. Our previous studies demonstrated that three unrelated patients with PLS showed the similar antigen-specific immune responses to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. The initiation of antigen-specific immune responses was involved with human leukocyte antigens (HLA) on antigen-presenting cells. The aim of...
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