Article
Periodontal status of patients with hypophosphatemic rickets: a case series.
Journal of periodontology - 1 Nov 2011
Ye Ling, Liu Ruohong, White Nicholas, Alon Uri S, Cobb Charles M
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BACKGROUND: It was previously reported that dentin matrix protein 1-null mice, which are the hypophosphatemic rickets animal model, postnatally developed severe periodontal defects. However, to the best of our knowledge, it was not documented whether similar periodontal defects were present in human patients with hypophosphatemic rickets. The aim of this study is to evaluate the periodontal status of adult...
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