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Hypophosphatasia: dental aspects and mode of inheritance
1 Oct 1993
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Hypophosphatasia is rare enzymopathy that normally presents within the first few years of life and often has profound effects upon the periodontium. It is a heritable disorder characterised by defective mineralisation of the skeletal and dental structures of the body and a deficiency in the liver/bone/kidney (L/B/K) isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase (ALP). There has been a tremendous advance in our knowledge of...
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