Article
A family study of a mother and daughter with increased susceptibility to early-onset periodontitis: microbiological, immunological, host defensive, and genetic analyses.
Journal of periodontology - 1 Dec 1990
Nishimura F, Nagai A, Kurimoto K, Isoshima O, Takashiba S, Kobayashi M, Akutsu I, Kurihara H, Nomura Y, Murayama Y
Abstract excerpt
Microbiological, immunological, host-defensive, and genetic analyses were performed on a mother and daughter, both of whom had early-onset periodontitis (rapidly progressive periodontitis in the mother; localized juvenile periodontitis in the daughter). Microscopic examination revealed a greatly elevated percentage of rod-form bacteria in both subjects. Fusobacterium sp. and Porphyromonas gingivalis (formerly...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aggressive Periodontitis
- Alveolar Bone Loss
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Bacteria
- Dental Plaque
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Humans