Periodontitis associated with Chediak-Higashi syndrome in a young African American male.

Ahmed Khocht; Yeritxa E. Viera-Negron; Afshin Ameri; Rafik Abdelsayed

Periodontitis associated with Chediak-Higashi syndrome in a young African American male.

Ahmed Khocht, Yeritxa E. Viera-Negron, Afshin Ameri, Rafik Abdelsayed

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	49-55
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of the International Academy of Periodontology
Volume	12
Issue number	2
State	Published - Apr 2010

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