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Tumour necrosis factor-alpha gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to oral lichen planus.
Oral diseases - 1 Mar 2011
Kimkong I, Hirankarn N, Nakkuntod J, Kitkumthorn N
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OBJECTIVE: This study is aimed to investigate the association between OLP susceptibility and clinical type in the Thai population and three polymorphisms within the promoter region of the TNF-α at positions -863, -308 and -238 which have putative functional significances. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Genomic DNA from 75 Thai patients with OLP and 154 healthy controls were genotyped for TNF-α polymorphisms--...
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