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The association of osteoprotegerin gene polymorphisms with periodontitis.
Oral diseases - 1 Jul 2008
Park O-J, Shin S-Y, Choi Y, Kim M-H, Chung C-P, Ku Y, Kim K-K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It has been demonstrated that genetic variation accounts for approximately half of the variance in periodontitis. The reported association of polymorphisms in the osteoprotegerin (OPG) gene with osteoporosis suggests that the OPG gene may also influence the genetic risk for periodontitis. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We investigated the distribution of OPG gene polymorphisms in 49 patients with aggressive (n...
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