@article{8f8d23b091cc4a9c96103baf7c048663,
title = "Periodontitis associated with Chediak-Higashi syndrome in a young African American male.",
author = "Ahmed Khocht and Viera-Negron, \{Yeritxa E.\} and Afshin Ameri and Rafik Abdelsayed",
note = "Background Chediak-Higashi syndrome (CHS) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disease. The primary defect is abnormal granule formation in the cells secondary to a mutation of a lysosomal trafficking regulator protein. CHS patients have immune system abnormalities, bleeding abnormalities, and multiple infections including periodontitis.",
year = "2010",
month = apr,
language = "English",
volume = "12",
pages = "49--55",
journal = "Journal of the International Academy of Periodontology",
issn = "1466-2094",
number = "2",
}