Article
Clinical, genetic and microbiological findings in a Brazilian family with aggressive periodontitis.
Journal of clinical periodontology - 1 Mar 2002
Trevilatto Paula C, Tramontina Vinícius A, Machado Maria A N, Gonçalves Reginaldo B, Sallum Antonio W, Line Sergio R P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIM: Aggressive periodontitis comprises a group of rapidly progressive forms of periodontitis. Besides bacteria, a high level of subject susceptibility must be involved in the expression of disease. In the present study, we report the clinical, microbiological and genetic profile of a 14-individual family with aggressive periodontitis. METHOD: PCR was utilized to detect pathogenic bacteria of affected...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
- Alleles
- Bacteroides
- Brazil
- Child
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Interleukin-1
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pedigree