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Gender differences in HLA phenotype frequencies found in German patients with generalized aggressive periodontitis and chronic periodontitis.
Oral microbiology and immunology - 1 Dec 2002
Reichert S, Stein J, Gautsch A, Schaller H-G, Machulla H K G
Abstract excerpt
HLA antigens have been considered as risk factors for periodontitis. Differences in prevalence and in the extent of attachment loss between males and females have suggested that gender-dependent HLA deviations could play a role in individual predisposition to periodontitis. The aim of the present study was therefore to investigate the incidence of gender-dependent HLA associations in 50 patients with generalized...
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