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Minerva Stomatologica 2003 April;52(4):181-6

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language: Italian

Tooth disorders in ectodermal dysplasias

Giannetti L., Rapelli G., Consolo U.

Recently, the molecular bases of the most frequent ectodermal dysplasias have been identified; they involve genes responsible for the epithelial morphogenesis, and the regulation of cell survival and proliferation. Teeth alterations with characteristic features are often observed in X-linked anhidrotic ectodermic dysplasia and in autosomic recessive anhidrotic ectoderma, rarely in hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia.