title: Dental findings and treatment in consanguinity associated congenital chronic familial neutropenia.
abstract: The purpose of this report is to describe dental findings and treatment of an 11-year old male patient and a 5-year old female patient, children of first cousins, suffering from severe benign congenital chronic familial neutropenia. This case report emphazises the importance of differential diagnosis of immunodeficiencies including congenital chronic familial neutropenia in the background of severe periodontal diseases and/or diffuse carious lesions in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Ege University, 35 100-Bomova, Izmir, Turkey. nurcan.buduneli@ege.edu.tr
authors.forename: Nurcan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Buduneli
authors.forename: Dilsah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cogulu
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kardesler
authors.forename: Necil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kütükçüler
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003241:Consanguinity; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D017823:Furcation Defects / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000151:congenital* / Q000235:genetics; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy