Ligneous periodontitis exacerbated by Behçet's disease in a patient with plasminogen deficiency and a stop-gained variant PLG c.1468C > T: a case report

• Main Authors: Yuki Shinoda-Ito (Author), Anna Hirai (Author), Kazuhiro Omori (Author), Hidetaka Ideguchi (Author), Hideki Yamamoto (Author), Fumino Kato (Author), Kyoichi Obata (Author), Tatsuo Ogawa (Author), Keisuke Nakano (Author), Takato Nakadoi (Author), Eri Katsuyama (Author), Soichiro Ibaragi (Author), Tadashi Yamamoto (Author), Hitoshi Nagatsuka (Author), Akira Hirasawa (Author), Shogo Takashiba (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Plasminogen serves as the precursor to plasmin, an essential element in the fibrinolytic process, and is synthesized primarily in the liver. Plasminogen activation occurs through the action of plasminogen activator, converting it into plasmin. This conversion greatly enhances the...