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Descriptor English:   Aggressive Periodontitis 
Descriptor Spanish:   Periodontitis Agresiva 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Periodontite Agressiva 
Synonyms English:   Circumpubertal Periodontitis
Early Onset Periodontitis
Early-Onset Periodontitides
Early-Onset Periodontitis
Juvenile Periodontitides
Juvenile Periodontitis
Periodontitides, Early-Onset
Periodontitides, Juvenile
Periodontitis, Aggressive
Periodontitis, Aggressive, 1
Periodontitis, Circumpubertal
Periodontitis, Early-Onset
Periodontitis, Juvenile
Periodontitis, Prepubertal
Periodontoses
Periodontosis
Prepubertal Periodontitis  
Tree Number:   C07.465.714.533.161
Definition English:   Inflammation and loss of PERIODONTIUM that is characterized by rapid attachment loss and bone destruction in the presence of little local factors such as DENTAL PLAQUE and DENTAL CALCULUS. This highly destructive form of periodontitis often occurs in young people and was called early-onset periodontitis, but this disease also appears in old people. 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not confuse X ref PERIODONTOSIS with "periodontosis" seen in foreign lit, meaning "periodontal disease" & indexed under PERIODONTAL DISEASES
History Note English:   2009 (1997); use PERIODONTOSIS 1984-1996, use PERIODONTAL DISEASES 1966-1983 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EM embryology
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   10710 
Unique Identifier:   D010520 

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