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Studies of palatine rugae and interferon regulatory factor 6 variations in a group of families with sporadic hypodontia.
Journal of oral science - 1 Dec 2009
Murdoch Alys M, Patir Asli, Seymen Figen, Vieira Alexandre R
Abstract excerpt
Irf6 (interferon regulatory factor 6) is expressed in tooth buds and palatine rugae during development in the mouse. Here we report the first study to investigate whether IRF6 variation is associated with palatine rugae patterns in a population with sporadic tooth agenesis. Fifty-two individuals with sporadic tooth agenesis and their parents were studied. Palatine rugae were scored from casts available for a...
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