Biomaterial Database

Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome. 1994

T C Hart, and L Shapira

Department of Dentistry, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008214	Lymphocytes	White blood cells formed in the body's lymphoid tissue. The nucleus is round or ovoid with coarse, irregularly clumped chromatin while the cytoplasm is typically pale blue with azurophilic (if any) granules. Most lymphocytes can be classified as either T or B (with subpopulations of each), or NATURAL KILLER CELLS.	Lymphoid Cells,Cell, Lymphoid,Cells, Lymphoid,Lymphocyte,Lymphoid Cell
D009504	Neutrophils	Granular leukocytes having a nucleus with three to five lobes connected by slender threads of chromatin, and cytoplasm containing fine inconspicuous granules and stainable by neutral dyes.	LE Cells,Leukocytes, Polymorphonuclear,Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes,Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils,Neutrophil Band Cells,Band Cell, Neutrophil,Cell, LE,LE Cell,Leukocyte, Polymorphonuclear,Neutrophil,Neutrophil Band Cell,Neutrophil, Polymorphonuclear,Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte,Polymorphonuclear Neutrophil
D010214	Papillon-Lefevre Disease	Rare, autosomal recessive disorder occurring between the first and fifth years of life. It is characterized by palmoplantar keratoderma with periodontitis followed by the premature shedding of both deciduous and permanent teeth. Mutations in the gene for CATHEPSIN C have been associated with this disease.	Haim-Monk Syndrome,Keratosis Palmoplantar Periodontopathy,Keratosis Palmoplantaris with Periodontopathia,Papillon Lefevre Disease,Papillon-Lefevre Syndrome,Haim Monk Syndrome,Keratosis Palmoplantar Periodontopathies,Palmoplantar Periodontopathies, Keratosis,Papillon Lefevre Syndrome
D010520	Aggressive Periodontitis	Inflammation and loss of PERIODONTIUM that is characterized by rapid attachment loss and bone destruction in the presence of little local factors such as DENTAL PLAQUE and DENTAL CALCULUS. This highly destructive form of periodontitis often occurs in young people and was called early-onset periodontitis, but this disease also appears in old people.	Periodontitis, Juvenile,Periodontitis, Prepubertal,Periodontosis,Early-Onset Periodontitis,Juvenile Periodontitis,Periodontitis, Aggressive, 1,Periodontitis, Circumpubertal,Prepubertal Periodontitis,Circumpubertal Periodontitis,Early Onset Periodontitis,Early-Onset Periodontitides,Juvenile Periodontitides,Periodontitides, Early-Onset,Periodontitides, Juvenile,Periodontitis, Aggressive,Periodontitis, Early-Onset,Periodontoses
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016388	Tooth Loss	The failure to retain teeth as a result of disease or injury.	Loss, Tooth
D016976	Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans	A species of Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic spherical or rod-shaped bacteria indigenous to dental surfaces. It is associated with PERIODONTITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; and ACTINOMYCOSIS.	Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans,Bacterium acetinomycetum comitans,Bacterium comitans,Haemophilus actinomyceticomitans,Haemophilus actinomycetemcomitans
D017742	Dental Care for Chronically Ill	Dental care for patients with chronic diseases. These diseases include chronic cardiovascular, endocrinologic, hematologic, immunologic, neoplastic, and renal diseases. The concept does not include dental care for the mentally or physically disabled which is DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED.	Dentistry for Chronically Ill,Chronically Ill, Dental Care,Chronically Ill, Dentistry,Dentistry Chronically Ill