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Amelogenin gene influence on enamel defects of cleft lip and palate patients.
Brazilian oral research - 1 Jan 2014
Oliveira Fernanda Veronese, Dionísio Thiago José, Neves Lucimara Teixeira, Machado Maria Aparecida Andrade Moreira, Santos Carlos Ferreira, Oliveira Thais Marchini
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of mutations in the amelogenin gene (AMELX) in patients with cleft lip and palate (CLP) and enamel defects (ED). A total of 165 patients were divided into four groups: with CLP and ED (n=46), with CLP and without ED (n = 34), without CLP and with ED (n = 34), and without CLP or ED (n = 51). Genomic DNA was extracted from saliva followed by conducting a...
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