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Vitamin D receptor alleles, periodontal disease progression, and tooth loss in the VA dental longitudinal study.
Journal of periodontology - 1 Feb 2003
Inagaki Koji, Krall Elizabeth A, Fleet James C, Garcia Raul I
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BACKGROUND: The relationship between the vitamin D receptor (VDR) genotype and periodontal disease is not known. This study compared periodontal disease progression among polymorphisms of 2 VDR genes in men in the VA Dental Longitudinal Study. METHODS: Subjects were 125 medically healthy, middle-aged men who had serial oral examinations over a mean 23-year period. Probing depth, gingival bleeding on probing,...
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