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Preferred term

Papillon-Lefevre Disease  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Keratosis Palmoplantaris with Periodontopathia
  • Keratosis Palmoplantar Periodontopathies
  • Keratosis Palmoplantar Periodontopathy
  • Palmoplantar Periodontopathies, Keratosis
  • Papillon Lefevre Disease
  • Papillon Lefevre Syndrome
  • Papillon-Lefevre Syndrome

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under KERATOSIS PALMARIS ET PLANTARIS 1975-90 (which became KERATODERMA, PALMOPLANTAR 1993)

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • morbus Papillon-Lefevre
  • morbus Papillon-Lèfevre
  • Papillon-Lefevre
  • Papillon-Lèfevre
  • Papillon-Lefevren oireyhtymä
  • Papillon-Lèfevren oireyhtymä
  • Papillon-Lefevren syndrooma
  • Papillon-Lèfevren syndrooma
  • Papillon-Lefevren tauti
  • syndroma Papillon-Lefevre
  • syndroma Papillon-Lèfevre
  • synnynnäinen kämmen-jalkapohjakeratoosi
  • synnynnäinen kämmenen ja jalkapohjan keratoosi
  • Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010214

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