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A genome-wide association study of periodontitis in a Japanese population.
Journal of dental research - 1 Apr 2015
Shimizu S, Momozawa Y, Takahashi A, Nagasawa T, Ashikawa K, Terada Y, Izumi Y, Kobayashi H, Tsuji M, Kubo M, Furuichi Y
Abstract excerpt
Periodontitis is a multifactorial disease in which bacterial, lifestyle, and genetic factors are involved. Although previous genetic association studies identified several susceptibility genes for periodontitis in European populations, there is little information for Asian populations. Here, we conducted a genome-wide association study and a replication study consisting of 2,760 Japanese periodontitis patients...
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