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Associations between CD14 -159 C>T polymorphism and chronic/aggressive periodontitis susceptibility.
Oral diseases - 1 Nov 2013
Zhang H, Zhou L, Han Y, Cai Q, Li D, Pan Y, Wang L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: CD14 is a causative gene for periodontitis. However, conflicting results had been achieved when evaluating the associations between CD14 -159 C>T and periodontitis, which warranted us to conduct this meta-analysis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A meta-analysis based on eight relevant case-control studies was conducted to address this issue. Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were applied to...
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