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Tooth agenesis: in search of mutations behind failed dental development.
Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal - 1 Jan 2000
Kolenc-Fusé Francisco Javier
Abstract excerpt
Tooth agenesis are the most common craniofacial malformations. Its prevalence in permanent dentition reaches 20% and its expressivity ranges from only one tooth, usually a third molar, to the whole dentition. Genetic linkage and molecular biology studies have allowed, in the last decade, the identification of mutations responsible for some patterns of syndromic and nonsyndromic tooth agenesis. The mutated genes...
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