title: [A case of prepuberty periodontitis--a classification based on laboratory results].
abstract: The rare entity of periodontitis in a 4 1/2-year old child and subsequent changes over a 4-year follow-up period will be presented. Various examinations (among other immunological tests, biochemical differentiation of dermal fibroblasts, and ultrastructural skin biopsies) were made to identify whether this was a case of genuine prepuberty periodontitis or of periodontitis secondary to a general disease. On the basis of the results the case was diagnosed as Ehlers-Danlos Disease Type VIII, although at the same time signs of impaired granulocyte function were observed.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riedl
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Löst
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Pontz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Schofer
mesh_terms: D010520:Aggressive Periodontitis / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Ein Fall von präpubertärer Parodontitis.