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Polymorphisms of pro-inflammatory cytokine genes and the risk for acute suppurative or chronic nonsuppurative apical periodontitis in a Colombian population.
International endodontic journal - 1 Jan 2013
Amaya M P, Criado L, Blanco B, Gómez M, Torres O, Flórez L, González C I, Flórez O
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To determine the association of functional single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes of the pro-inflammatory cytokines tumour necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1β, interleukin-8 and interleukin-12B with the development of two clinical forms of apical periodontitis (AP): acute suppurative and chronic nonsuppurative. METHODOLOGY: The study included 120 patients from Bucaramanga City, Colombia, 63 diagnosed with...
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