title: Hereditary gingival fibromatosis. Report of an extensive four-generation pedigree.
abstract: A Brazilian family with hereditary gingival fibromatosis is described with multiple affected subjects in four generations. A total of 50 (48%), of 105 at-risk offspring in a family of 132 members were affected, consistent with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance. This family appears to represent the largest pedigree with this condition reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Odontology at Piracicaba, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bozzo
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: de Almedia
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scully
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Aldred
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005351:Fibromatosis, Gingival / Q000235:genetics*; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree