Eosinophilic granuloma masquerading as aggressive periodontitis

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 917-921

  Silvestros, Spyridon S ^a,d   Mamalis, A A ^b   Sklavounou, A D ^a   Tzerbos, F X ^c   Rontogianni, D D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Histiocytosis; Langerhans' cell; Periodontitis; Radiation; Respiratory; Skeletal

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PENICILLIN G;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL BONE; CURETTAGE; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIODONTITIS; PERIOSTEUM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKELETON; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP; TISSUE REACTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; JAW DISEASE; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; PERIODONTITIS;

EID: 33746013514     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2006.050236     Document Type: Article

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