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Familial aggregation of maxillary lateral incisor agenesis.
Journal of dental research - 1 Jun 2010
Pinho T, Maciel P, Lemos C, Sousa A
Abstract excerpt
In spite of recent developments, data regarding the genes responsible for the less severe forms of hypodontia are still scarce and controversial. This study addressed the hypothesis that agenesis of maxillary lateral incisors (MLIA) is a distinct type of hypodontia, by evaluating its familial aggregation and the occurrence of other types of ageneses or microdontia in probands' relatives. Sixty-two probands with...
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