Papillon-Lefèvre Syndrome

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1197-1200

  Mahajan, Vikram K ^a   Thakur, Narbir S ^a,b   Sharma, Nand Lal ^a,b  

^a Dept Dermatol Venereol/Leprosy ^*  (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Papillon Lefevre syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATINIZATION; KERATOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIA; PAPILLON-LEFEVRE DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0346887220     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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