Liviu Feller

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Affiliation: University of Limpopo
Country: South Africa

Publications

  1. ncbi Necrotizing periodontal diseases in HIV-seropositive subjects: pathogenic mechanisms
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    J Int Acad Periodontol 10:10-5. 2008
  2. ncbi Alveolar bone necrosis and spontaneous tooth exfoliation in an HIV-seropositive subject with herpes zoster
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 63:106-10. 2008
  3. ncbi The association between human herpesviruses and periodontal disease: Part 1. Herpesviruses immune evasion. A review
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Limpopo Medunsa Campus
    SADJ 62:074, 076, 078-9. 2007
  4. ncbi The association between human herpes viruses and periodontal disease, part 2
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Limpopo
    SADJ 62:170, 172, 174. 2007
  5. ncbi HIV-associated oral Kaposi sarcoma and HHV-8: a review
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Limpopo Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    J Int Acad Periodontol 9:129-36. 2007
  6. ncbi Diffuse infiltrative CD8+ lymphocytosis syndrome: review of the literature and report of a case
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Box D26, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus 0204, South Africa
    SADJ 62:314-7. 2007
  7. ncbi Human immunodeficiency virus-associated Kaposi sarcoma as an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a literature review and case report
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, Medunsa, South Africa
    J Periodontol 79:362-8. 2008
  8. ncbi Report of a black South African child with oculodentodigital dysplasia and a novel GJA1 gene mutation
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus, Pretoria, South Africa
    Am J Med Genet A 146:1350-3. 2008
  9. ncbi Aspects of immunopathogenic mechanisms of HIV infection
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Box D26, Faculty of Dentistry, Medunsa Campus 0204, University of Limpopo
    SADJ 62:432-4, 436. 2007
  10. ncbi Enamel dysplasia with hamartomatous atypical follicular hyperplasia: review of the literature and report of a case
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicne, School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 63:096-7, 100-1. 2008

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  1. ncbi Necrotizing periodontal diseases in HIV-seropositive subjects: pathogenic mechanisms
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    J Int Acad Periodontol 10:10-5. 2008
    ....
  2. ncbi Alveolar bone necrosis and spontaneous tooth exfoliation in an HIV-seropositive subject with herpes zoster
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 63:106-10. 2008
    ....
  3. ncbi The association between human herpesviruses and periodontal disease: Part 1. Herpesviruses immune evasion. A review
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Limpopo Medunsa Campus
    SADJ 62:074, 076, 078-9. 2007
    ..Herpesviruses can modulate normal immunoregulatory functions including apoptosis, cytokine mediated immune response, cellular recognition and activity of complement and antibody response, among others...
  4. ncbi The association between human herpes viruses and periodontal disease, part 2
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Limpopo
    SADJ 62:170, 172, 174. 2007
    ....
  5. ncbi HIV-associated oral Kaposi sarcoma and HHV-8: a review
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Limpopo Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    J Int Acad Periodontol 9:129-36. 2007
    ..The multifactorial nature and clinical stages in the growth of oral Kaposi sarcoma are discussed...
  6. ncbi Diffuse infiltrative CD8+ lymphocytosis syndrome: review of the literature and report of a case
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Box D26, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus 0204, South Africa
    SADJ 62:314-7. 2007
    ..A review of the literature of DILS and a description of a typical case of bilateral cystic lymphoepithelial lesions of the parotid glands, in an HIV-seropositive subject with DILS, is presented...
  7. ncbi Human immunodeficiency virus-associated Kaposi sarcoma as an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a literature review and case report
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, Medunsa, South Africa
    J Periodontol 79:362-8. 2008
    ..However, in a subset of subjects who are HIV seropositive, KS may recrudesce early following the introduction of HAART as an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS)...
  8. ncbi Report of a black South African child with oculodentodigital dysplasia and a novel GJA1 gene mutation
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus, Pretoria, South Africa
    Am J Med Genet A 146:1350-3. 2008
  9. ncbi Aspects of immunopathogenic mechanisms of HIV infection
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Box D26, Faculty of Dentistry, Medunsa Campus 0204, University of Limpopo
    SADJ 62:432-4, 436. 2007
    ..Other factors influencing the progression of HIV disease include the HIV viral load, the nature of the particular infecting HIV, and the level of competence of the immune effector cells...
  10. ncbi Enamel dysplasia with hamartomatous atypical follicular hyperplasia: review of the literature and report of a case
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicne, School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 63:096-7, 100-1. 2008
    ....
  11. ncbi Enamel dysplasia with hamartomatous atypical follicular hyperplasia (EDHFH) syndrome: suggested pathogenic mechanisms
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 63:102-5. 2008
    ..Thus, alterations in the function of enamel matrix protein function, may be the common denominator responsible for the development of the EDHFH phenotype...
  12. ncbi Herpes zoster infection as an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV-seropositive subjects: a review
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 104:455-60. 2007
    ..It usually occurs after 4 weeks from the initiation of HAART, and under these circumstances the clinical symptoms and natural course of mucocutaneous HZ are similar to those in HIV-seropositive subjects who do not manifest IRIS...
  13. ncbi HIV/TB co-infection: literature review and report of multiple tuberculosis oral ulcers
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Medunsa Oral Health Centre Faculty of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, South Africa
    SADJ 60:330-2, 343. 2005
    ....
  14. ncbi Necrotizing gingivitis of Kaposi sarcoma affected gingivae
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 61:314-7. 2006
    ..The nature of necrotizing gingivitis and Kaposi sarcoma and the possible differential diagnosis of the periodontal attachment loss are discussed...
  15. ncbi Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia and field cancerization: report of a case
    Liviu Feller
    Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Medical University of Southern Africa, South Africa
    J Int Acad Periodontol 8:67-70. 2006
    ..The field cancerization phenomenon may explain the characteristic behaviour of PVL. A case of PVL is presented and the field cancerization concept is discussed...
  16. ncbi Complex oral manifestations of an HIV-seropositive patient
    Liviu Feller
    Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Medical University of Southern Africa, South Africa
    J Int Acad Periodontol 8:10-6. 2006
    ..This case illustrates that appropriate management of the oral manifestations contributes significantly to improvement of the quality of life of patients in the terminal stage of HIV-AIDS...
  17. ncbi Tooth mobility after periodontal surgery
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Medical University of Southern Africa
    SADJ 59:407, 409-11. 2004
    ..01). Gender and age did not significantly affect the values. The pattern of post-surgical tooth mobility can be closely correlated with the known biological events of post-surgical healing...
  18. ncbi Cemento-ossifying fibroma: case report and review of the literature
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Box D26 Faculty of Dentistry, Medunsa 0204, South Africa
    J Int Acad Periodontol 6:131-5. 2004
    ..The differential diagnosis of reactive gingival overgrowths with and without calcification is discussed...
  19. ncbi Primary oral melanoma associated with HIV infection
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Box D26, School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo Medunsa Campus, 0204, South Africa
    SADJ 63:016-7. 2008
    ..It has a poor prognosis. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice while radiotherapy and chemotherapy are adjunctive. This report documents an unusual case of POM and reviews field cancerization in POM...
  20. ncbi Enamel dysplasia with odontogenic fibroma-like hamartomas: review of the literature and report of a case
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Medunsa Oral Health Centre, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, South Africa
    Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 101:620-4. 2006
    ..This unusual case brings the total number documented in the literature to 5, all of which were reported from South Africa...
  21. ncbi The severity, extent and recurrence of necrotizing periodontal disease in relation to HIV status and CD4+ T cell count
    Reality Phiri
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Medunsa Campus, University of Limpopo, South Africa
    J Int Acad Periodontol 12:98-103. 2010
    ..No statistically significant association could be demonstrated between the extent, severity and recurrence of necrotizing periodontal disease and a CD4+ T cell count < or = 200 cells/microl among HIV-seropositive patients...
  22. ncbi Human papillomavirus-mediated carcinogenesis and HPV-associated oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Part 1: human papillomavirus-mediated carcinogenesis
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    Head Face Med 6:14. 2010
    ..Both persistent infection with high-risk HPV genotypes and immune dysregulation are associated with increased risk of HPV-induced squamous cell carcinoma...
  23. ncbi HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma: pathogenic mechanisms
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, University of Limpopo, Medunsa, South Africa
    Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 104:521-9. 2007
    ..It is likely that HIV-associated KS begins as a reactive disorder that in some cases progresses to a monoclonal, an oligoclonal, and a polyclonal neoplasm...
  24. ncbi Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated extranodal T cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the oral cavity
    Neil H Wood
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus
    SADJ 63:158-61. 2008
    ..A case is presented with extranodal T cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma as an initial sign of HIV-infection. The characteristics of HIV-associated non-Hodgkin lymphoma are discussed...
  25. ncbi Extramedullary myeloma in an HIV-seropositive subject. Literature review and report of an unusual case
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Pretoria, South Africa
    Head Face Med 5:4. 2009
    ....
  26. ncbi Oral Ulcers and Necrotizing Gingivitis in Relation to HIV-Associated Neutropenia: A Review and an Illustrative Case
    Liviu Feller
    1 Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, University of Limpopo, Pretoria, South Africa
    AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 28:346-51. 2012
    ..The term nonspecific ulcers should be restricted to those ulcers with nonspecific histopathological features in patients without neutropenia or a nutritional deficiency such as iron, folic acid, and vitamin B...
  27. ncbi Primary Oral Tuberculosis as an Indicator of HIV Infection
    R A G Khammissa
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo Medunsa Campus, Medunsa 0204, South Africa
    Patholog Res Int 2011:893295. 2010
    ..The oral lesions resolved after 4 weeks of antituberculosis treatment. Some aspects of the pathogenesis of HIV-tuberculosis coinfection are discussed...
  28. ncbi Multiple congenital oral granular cell tumours in a newborn black female: a case report
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Medunsa Campus, University of Limpopo, Pretoria, South Africa
    Cases J 1:13. 2008
    ..abstract:..
  29. ncbi Human papillomavirus-mediated carcinogenesis and HPV-associated oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Part 2: Human papillomavirus associated oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    Head Face Med 6:15. 2010
    ....
  30. ncbi Necrotising ulcerative gingivitis/periodontitis as indicators of HIV-infection
    L Shangase
    Dept of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Medunsa
    SADJ 59:105-8. 2004
    ..6 per cent (p = 0.01). It is recommended that patients presenting with these conditions be encouraged to undergo testing to establish their HIV status for appropriate referrals and management...
  31. ncbi The nature of fibrous dysplasia
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, University of Limpopo, Pretoria, South Africa
    Head Face Med 5:22. 2009
    ..In addition there is an increased production of IL-6 by mutated stromal fibrous dysplastic cells that induce osteoclastic bone resorption...
  32. ncbi Osteosarcoma of the jaw. A brief review and a case report
    R A G Khammissa
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 64:220-1. 2009
    ..A clinical finding of tooth displacement and tooth mobility associated with radiolucency/radiopacity should alert the practitioner to the possibility of osteosarcoma or some other malignancy...
  33. ncbi Tuberculosis part 3: HIV-tuberculosis co-infection
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, Pretoria, South Africa
    SADJ 64:352-4. 2009
    ..There is a synergistic relationship between tuberculosis and HIV infection as each accelerates the progression of the other...
  34. ncbi A review of candida and periodontal disease in immunocompetent and HIV-infected subjects
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Medunsa Oral Health Centre, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Limpopo
    SADJ 60:152-4. 2005
    ..Thus, it is safe to assume that candidal micro-organisms play only a minor role, if any, in the aetiology and pathogeneses of periodontal diseases in HIV-seropositive subjects...
  35. ncbi Facial lymphoedema as an indicator of terminal disease in oral HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Oral Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 65:14, 16-8. 2010
    ..He died 3 weeks after the onset of facial lymphoedema...
  36. ncbi Actinic cheilitis: a case report and a review of the literature
    Neil Hamilton Wood
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    Eur J Dent 5:101-6. 2011
    ..In this article, a case of albinism is used to illustrate the nature of actinic cheilitis, its clinical features and its treatment...
  37. ncbi Insights into immunopathogenic mechanisms of HIV infection: high levels of immune activation and HIV fitness
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 63:552, 554, 556-7. 2008
    ..In this paper HIV fitness in relation to the chronic immune activation in HIV infection will be discussed...
  38. ncbi Oral histoplasmosis as the initial indication of HIV infection: a case report
    J White
    Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 62:452, 454-5. 2007
    ..There were lesions of the gingivae and there was destruction of the hard palate with extension into the right maxillary sinus and the right nasal cavity...
  39. ncbi Localized aggressive periodontitis associated with unusual gingival enlargement posing a diagnostic dilemma: a case report
    Y Jadwat
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 63:230-2. 2008
    ..Once a definitive diagnosis was made, the patient was treated conventionally...
  40. ncbi A short account of metastatic bone disease
    Liviu Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    Cancer Cell Int 11:24. 2011
    ..This interaction determines the phenotype of the metastatic bone disease...
  41. ncbi HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma in African children
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Oral Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 65:20-2. 2010
    ....
  42. ncbi Tuberculosis part 4: Control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in dental care facilities
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, Pretoria, South Africa
    SADJ 64:408-10. 2009
    ..This article offers recommendations for the necessary components of an effective Mtb infection control programme...
  43. ncbi Halitosis: a review
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Medunsa Oral Health Centre, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus
    SADJ 60:17-9. 2005
    ..Oral rinsing with a mouthwash could be indicated in some instances, as a temporary measure...
  44. ncbi Herpes zoster: a review of the literature and report of a case
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Medunsa Oral Health Centre, Faculty of Dentistry, Medunsa Campus, University of Limpopo
    SADJ 60:380-2, 384. 2005
  45. ncbi A report of oral extramedullary acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in an 8-year-old girl with newly diagnosed AML-M4Eo
    C Anagnostopoulos
    Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 62:390, 392-3. 2007
    ..We present a case of an 8-year-old girl with AML-M4Eo who had an extramedullary leukaemic tumour in the oral cavity...
  46. ncbi Idiopathic gingival fibromatosis: a review of the literature and a case report
    N H Wood
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Medunsa Campus, University of Limpopo, Pretoria, South Africa
    SADJ 63:298-300. 2008
    ..This article describes an unusual case of idiopathic gingival fibromatosis with delayed eruption of permanent teeth in an 8 year-old boy. The pathogenic mechanisms that bring about gingival fibromatosis are discussed...
  47. ncbi Plasma cell gingivitis: does it exist? Report of a case and review of the literature
    Y Jadwat
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 63:394-5. 2008
    ..The clinical and histopathological differential diagnosis of plasma cell gingivitis is discussed and an argument is presented raising certain doubts whether plasma cell gingivitis is a distinct clinicopathological entity or not...
  48. ncbi Chemotherapy- and radiotherapy-induced oral mucositis: pathobiology, epidemiology and management
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 65:372-4. 2010
    ..Therefore the treatment is empiric. This paper offers a brief review of current knowledge of the pathophysiology and treatment of oral mucositis...
  49. ncbi Herpes zoster post-herpetic neuralgia
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Medunsa Oral Health Centre, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus
    SADJ 60:432, 436-7. 2005
    ..In addition, tonic input from non-nociceptive AB afferent neurons, maintained by sympathetic efferent activity, contribute to the development and maintenance of neuropathic pain in general, and a burning sensation in particular...
  50. ncbi Focal epithelial hyperplasia (Heck disease) related to highly active antiretroviral therapy in an HIV-seropositive child. A report of a case, and a review of the literature
    L Feller
    Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 65:172-5. 2010
    ..We describe a case of focal epithelial hyperplasia in an HIV-seropositive child receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy, who was successfully treated by using diode laser ablation...
  51. ncbi Orbital abscess as a complication of odontogenic infection. A case report and review of the literature
    J N Masipa
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Limpopo Medunsa Campus, South Africa
    SADJ 62:318-9. 2007
    ....