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Association between recurrent aphthous stomatitis and inheritance of a single-nucleotide polymorphism of the NOS2 gene encoding inducible nitric oxide synthase.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 1 Oct 2011
Karasneh Jumana A, Darwazeh Azmi M G, Hassan Ahmad F, Thornhill Martin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recurrent aphthous stomatitis is a common ulcerative disease of the oral mucosa. Recurrent oral aphthous ulceration is also a feature of the more serious and systemic Behçet's disease. Nitric oxide is a free radical synthesized by one of a family of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) enzymes and is an important regulator of inflammation and immunity. Association of NOS3 gene polymorphisms encoding...
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