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Two-stage comprehensive evaluation of genetic susceptibility of common variants in FBXO38, AP3B2 and WHAMM to severe chronic periodontitis.
Scientific reports - 8 Dec 2015
Shang Dong, Dong Li, Zeng Lingfang, Yang Rui, Xu Jing, Wu Yue, Xu Ran, Tao Hong, Zhang Nan
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Chronic periodontitis is an oral disorder characterized with gingival inflammation and bone destruction. As the sixth-most prevalent condition affecting more than 743 million people around the world, it is classified as one of the seven destructive oral disorders. Early genetic epidemiological evidence indicated a major role for genetics in periodontal disease development. In this study, we conducted a two-stage...
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