Management of a pediatric patient with ataxia telangiectasia: Report of a rare case in which diagnostic radiographs are contraindicated

Ataxia telangiectasia is a rare neurodegenerative autosomal recessive multisystem disorder which has been reported only once in the dental literature. It is characterized by cerebellar degeneration, telangiectasia, immunodeficiency, and cancer susceptibility and radiation sensitivity. Till date, thi...

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Autor principal: Mathew, Mebin George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7113957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32318493
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1095_19
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description Ataxia telangiectasia is a rare neurodegenerative autosomal recessive multisystem disorder which has been reported only once in the dental literature. It is characterized by cerebellar degeneration, telangiectasia, immunodeficiency, and cancer susceptibility and radiation sensitivity. Till date, this disorder remains the only condition in dentistry in which diagnostic radiographs are not allowed. The present case report is aimed to discuss the management of ataxia telangiectasia in a pediatric patient.
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spelling pubmed-71139572020-04-21 Management of a pediatric patient with ataxia telangiectasia: Report of a rare case in which diagnostic radiographs are contraindicated Mathew, Mebin George J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Ataxia telangiectasia is a rare neurodegenerative autosomal recessive multisystem disorder which has been reported only once in the dental literature. It is characterized by cerebellar degeneration, telangiectasia, immunodeficiency, and cancer susceptibility and radiation sensitivity. Till date, this disorder remains the only condition in dentistry in which diagnostic radiographs are not allowed. The present case report is aimed to discuss the management of ataxia telangiectasia in a pediatric patient. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7113957/ /pubmed/32318493 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1095_19 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Management of a pediatric patient with ataxia telangiectasia: Report of a rare case in which diagnostic radiographs are contraindicated
title Management of a pediatric patient with ataxia telangiectasia: Report of a rare case in which diagnostic radiographs are contraindicated
title_full Management of a pediatric patient with ataxia telangiectasia: Report of a rare case in which diagnostic radiographs are contraindicated
title_fullStr Management of a pediatric patient with ataxia telangiectasia: Report of a rare case in which diagnostic radiographs are contraindicated
title_full_unstemmed Management of a pediatric patient with ataxia telangiectasia: Report of a rare case in which diagnostic radiographs are contraindicated
title_short Management of a pediatric patient with ataxia telangiectasia: Report of a rare case in which diagnostic radiographs are contraindicated
title_sort management of a pediatric patient with ataxia telangiectasia: report of a rare case in which diagnostic radiographs are contraindicated
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7113957/
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