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SUBMITTER: Heidari Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5485623 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Heidari Zahra Z Moudi Bita B Mahmoudzadeh-Sagheb Hamidreza H Moudi Mehrnoosh M
Head & face medicine 20170627 1
<h4>Background</h4>Chronic Periodontitis (CP) is a common inflammatory disease affects supporting tissues of the teeth and can lead to tooth loss. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between polymorphisms in the IL-28B gene and chronic periodontitis in an Iranian population.<h4>Methods</h4>Two hundred and ten CP patients and one hundred healthy subjects were enrolled in the present case-control study. The rs12979860 and rs8099917 SNPs were identified using RFLP and T-AR ...[more]