Article
[Genetics and periodontitis].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde - 1 Feb 2008
Loos B G, van der Velden U, Laine M L
Abstract excerpt
Periodontitis is a complex, multifactorial disease and the susceptibility is genetically determined. In the last decade a multitude of research projects on genotyping of patients and controls in search of putative genetic risk factors has been performed. The disease (phenotype) however is also dependent on the presence of environmental and lifestyle factors, and their interaction with the various genes. Many...
Topics
- Environment
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Immunity, Innate
- Life Style
- Periodontitis
- Polymorphism, Genetic
