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Vitamin D receptor polymorphism (-1056 Taq-I) interacts with smoking for the presence and progression of periodontitis.
Journal of clinical periodontology - 1 Jul 2008
Nibali Luigi, Parkar Mohamed, D'Aiuto Francesco, Suvan Jean E, Brett Peter M, Griffiths Gareth S, Rosin Michael, Schwahn Christian, Tonetti Maurizio S
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AIM: The aim of this analysis was to investigate the relationship between a vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphism and the diagnosis and progression of periodontitis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Data were derived from two different studies, including 231 subjects with healthy periodontium, 224 aggressive periodontitis and 79 chronic periodontitis (CP) patients in a case-control investigation. Sixty-one of these CP...
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