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SUBMITTER: Xu L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7478382 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Lishuo L Liu Chenguang C Zheng Youli Y Huang Yu Y Zhong Yang Y Zhao Zhulan Z Ma Ning N Zhang Zheng Z Zhang Li L
Medicine 20200901 36
The association between tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α-308G/A, -238G/A, -863C/A, -1031T/C, and -857C/T) polymorphism and either chronic (CP) or aggressive (AgP) periodontitis susceptibility was conflicting. This meta-analysis aimed to quantitatively estimate the association.A total of 52 studies involving 5519 patients and 7260 controls were identified through a search of multiple electronic databases. Odds ratios (ORs) and their 95% confidence intervals using allele, homozygous, heterozygou ...[more]