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ArticleBone reports2016

Case series: Odontohypophosphatasia or missed diagnosis of childhood/adult-onset hypophosphatasia? - Call for a long-term follow-up of premature loss of primary teeth.

Mari Mori, Stephanie L DeArmey, Thomas J Weber, Priya S Kishnani

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Article in Bone reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Hypophosphatasia: Canadian update on diagnosis and management.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2019
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  4. Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypophosphatasia.Calcified tissue international · 2025
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  9. The impact of enzyme replacement therapy on the oral health manifestations of hypophosphatasia among children: a scoping review.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2023
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  10. Childhood Hypophosphatasia Associated with a Novel BiallelicInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  11. Proposing a clinical algorithm for better diagnosis of hypophosphatasia in resource-limiting situations.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2022
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  13. Dental manifestation and management of hypophosphatasia.The Japanese dental science review · 2022
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  15. Premature Loss of Deciduous Teeth as a Symptom of Systemic Disease: A Narrative Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  16. Hypophosphatasia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021
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  18. Case Report: Variations in theFrontiers in genetics · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mari MoriDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Stephanie L DeArmeyDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Thomas J WeberDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Priya S KishnaniDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Duke Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionHypophosphatasia, a metabolic bone disease caused by a tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase deficiency, leads to undermineralization of bone and/or teeth, impaired vitamin B6 metabolism, and a spectrum of disease presentation. At the mild end of the spectrum, it presents as pathologic fractures in later adulthood. Patients with isolated dental manifestations, typically presenting as premature loss of primary teeth, are classified as having odontohypophosphatasia (odontoHPP). A subset of patients diagnosed with odontoHPP in childhood can later develop extra-dental manifestations that constitute childhood- or adult-onset hypophosphatasia. CASE REPORTS METHODS/

resultsRetrospective data related to onset, detailed clinical course, and method of diagnosis were collected as part of a natural history of adult patients with hypophosphatasia. Of 9 initial patients, all had low serum alkaline phosphatase levels for their age and gender at adult presentation (Table 2). The majority (8/9) demonstrated childhood dental signs of hypophosphatasia as the initial clinical manifestation: premature loss of primary teeth (7/9), absent primary teeth (1/9), and delayed loss of primary teeth (1/9). Despite childhood dental presentation and/or other signs/symptoms, diagnosis of hypophosphatasia was delayed 20-54 years (median = 46) since the primary tooth problems and 8-45 years (median = 27) since the first fracture or onset of a major adult tooth problem.

conclusionPatients with primary tooth loss in childhood were often diagnosed with hypophosphatasia later in life. Pediatric patients classified as having odontoHPP under present practice can manifest significant disease burden later in life.

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HypophosphatasiaMetabolic bone diseaseOdontohypophosphatasiaPremature tooth lossTissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase

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