Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6055618 | Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology | 2015 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
The overall prevalence of PXE-like connective tissue changes found in routine oral mucosal biopsy specimens (9.8%) was much higher than either the suspected prevalence of PXE (0.001%-0.004%) or the estimated prevalence of the mutated gene ABCC6 (0.625%-1.25%).
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Authors
Christine DDS, MS, F. Michael DDS, Carl M. DDS, MS, John R. DMD, PhD,