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Polymorphisms in the CD14 and IL-6 genes associated with periodontal disease.
Journal of clinical periodontology - 1 May 2007
Tervonen Tellervo, Raunio Taina, Knuuttila Matti, Karttunen Riitta
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AIM: To compare the frequencies of cytokine and receptor molecule genotypes in patients with chronic periodontitis with the corresponding frequencies in a reference population and to study the relationship between periodontal disease severity and polymorphisms in the studied genes. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: CD14, IL-6, TNF-alpha, IL-10, IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, and TLR-4 polymorphisms of 51 periodontitis patients were...
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