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SUBMITTER: Laine ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2844543 | biostudies-literature | 2010
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Laine Marja L ML Loos Bruno G BG Crielaard W W
International journal of dentistry 20100209
We aimed to conduct a review of the literature for gene polymorphisms associated with chronic periodontitis (CP) susceptibility. A comprehensive search of the literature in English was performed using the keywords: periodontitis, periodontal disease, combined with the words genes, mutation, or polymorphism. Candidate gene polymorphism studies with a case-control design and reported genotype frequencies in CP patients were searched and reviewed. There is growing evidence that polymorphisms in the ...[more]