title: Familial gingival fibromatosis; no correlation with HLA-antigen. A family study.
abstract: Familial gingival fibromatosis is generally reported to be inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. We investigated 2 families with few siblings affected with gingival fibromatosis. No linkage between HLA antigen and the phenomenon was found. These results support the idea of the autosomal dominant nature of familial gingival fibromatosis.
authors.affiliation: IDF Dental and Oral Medicine Center, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Israel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben-Yehuda
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Machtei
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goultschin
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Danon
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005351:Fibromatosis, Gingival / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D015236:HLA-C Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D006681:HLA-D Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D015234:HLA-A Antigens; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D015236:HLA-C Antigens; D006681:HLA-D Antigens