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Early failure of dental implants and TNF-alpha (G-308A) gene polymorphism.
Implant dentistry - 1 Mar 2004
Campos Maria Isabela Guimarães, dos Santos Maria Cristina Leme Godoy, Trevilatto Paula Cristina, Scarel-Caminaga Raquel Mantuaneli, Bezerra Fábio José Barbosa, Line Sergio Roberto Peres
Abstract excerpt
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a potent inflammatory mediator with bone resorption activity. Polymorphisms in the promoter region of the human TNF-alpha gene have been shown to affect the levels of this cytokine and have been associated with a variety of diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible relationship between early implant failure and a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)...
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