Diseases

Papillon-Lefevre Disease

Rare, autosomal recessive disorder occurring between the first and fifth years of life. It is characterized by palmoplantar keratoderma with periodontitis followed by the premature shedding of both deciduous and permanent teeth. Mutations in the gene for CATHEPSIN C have been associated with this disease.

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Rare, autosomal recessive disorder occurring between the first and fifth years of life. It is characterized by palmoplantar keratoderma with periodontitis followed by the premature shedding of both deciduous and permanent teeth. Mutations in the gene for CATHEPSIN C have been associated with this disease.

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  • Keratosis Palmoplantar Periodontopathy
  • Keratosis Palmoplantaris with Periodontopathia
  • Papillon Lefevre Disease
  • Papillon-Lefevre Syndrome
  • Keratosis Palmoplantar Periodontopathies
  • Palmoplantar Periodontopathies, Keratosis
  • Papillon Lefevre Syndrome
  • Haim-Monk Syndrome
  • Haim Monk Syndrome

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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91(75); was see under KERATOSIS PALMARIS ET PLANTARIS 1975-90 (which became KERATODERMA, PALMOPLANTAR 1993)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Papillon-Lefevre Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010214. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010214
  2. Papillon-Lefevre Disease. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papillon%E2%80%93Lef%C3%A8vre_syndrome
  3. Papillon-Lefevre Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2050791