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Single-nucleotide polymorphism in Vitamin D receptor gene and its association with dental caries in children.
Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry - 1 Jan 2000
Aribam Victoria Guru, Aswath Nalini, Ramanathan Arvind
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BACKGROUND: Though factors such as diet, oral hygiene, salivary flow and surface characteristics of the tooth enamel play a role in the causation of dental caries, genetic factors also contribute significantly in influencing the susceptibility or resistanance to the occurrence of caries. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To analyse the relationship between a single nucleotide polymorphism in the vitamin D receptor gene TaqI...
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