Dental Findings and Treatment in Consanguinity Associated Congenital Chronic Familial Neutropenia
Articles > Article · 2007
Authors: Nurcan Gülsüm BUDUNELİ, Dilşah ÇOĞULU, Levent Kardesler, Necil KÜTÜKÇÜLER
Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry, International, Scopus, 2007, vol 31, pp 123-126
DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.31.2.x78245364736262k
Summary
The purpose of this report is to describe dental findings and treatment of an 11-year old male patient and a 5-year old female patient, children of first cousins, suffering from severe benign congenital chronic familial neutropenia. This case report emphazises the importance of differential diagnosis of immunodeficiencies including congenital chronic familial neutropenia in the background of severe periodontal diseases and/or diffuse carious lesions in children.