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E-selectin and L-selectin polymorphisms in patients with periodontitis.
Journal of periodontal research - 1 Feb 2009
Houshmand B, Rafiei A, Hajilooi M, Mani-Kashani K, Gholami L
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Periodontitis is a multifactorial disease in which environmental and genetic determinant factors contribute to individual subjects susceptibility. A DNA polymorphism in the regulating region of adhesion molecule genes is suggested to modulate the molecules physiological effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic association between the E-selectin Ser128Arg and...
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