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Association between interleukin-6 promoter haplotypes and aggressive periodontitis.
Journal of clinical periodontology - 1 Mar 2008
Nibali Luigi, Griffiths Gareth S, Donos Nikos, Parkar Mohamed, D'Aiuto Francesco, Tonetti Maurizio S, Brett Peter M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) polymorphisms have been shown to affect IL-6 promoter activity. This study investigated the possible role of IL-6 genetic polymorphisms and haplotypes in the predisposition to aggressive periodontitis (AgP). MATERIAL AND METHODS: A case-control association study on 224 AgP patients and 231 healthy controls was performed in order to detect differences in genotype distributions of...
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