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Relationship between periodontal destruction and gene mutations in patients with familial Mediterranean fever.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Jul 2016
Sezer Ufuk, Şenyurt Süleyman Ziya, Özdemir Eda Çetin, Zengin Orhan, Üstün Kemal, Erciyas Kamile, Kısacık Bünyamin, Onat Ahmet Mesut
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have shown that genetic factors involved in the host responses might determine the disease severity for both familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and periodontitis. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship of FMF with periodontitis and to search for the potential association between periodontitis and MEFV gene missense variations in patients with FMF. The study consisted of 97 FMF...
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