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Dose-effect relation of smoking and the interleukin-1 gene polymorphism in periodontal disease.
Journal of periodontology - 1 Feb 2004
Meisel P, Schwahn C, Gesch D, Bernhardt O, John U, Kocher T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Periodontitis is a bacterial inflammatory disease leading to attachment loss with the consequence of tooth loss. There exists a multifactorial risk pattern including bacterial challenge, smoking, age, gender, diabetes, and socioeconomic and genetic factors. Smoking has the highest impact on the course of the disease modulated by all the other factors. Here, we report the relationship between smoking...
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