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Lack of Association Between the VEGFA Gene Rs699947 Polymorphism and Periodontal Disease.
Oral health & preventive dentistry - 3 Apr 2020
Mazurek-Mochol Małgorzata, Łagocka Ryta, Dembowska Elżbieta, Kozak Małgorzata, Sawczuk Marek, Maciejewska Agnieszka, Malinowski Damian, Safranow Krzysztof, Pawlik Andrzej
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PURPOSE: Periodontal disease is a chronic inflammatory disease characterised by the infiltration of inflammatory cells as well as activation of pathological angiogenesis in gingival tissues. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a statistically significant role in the regulation of angiogenesis and induction of an inflammatory response in periodontal tissues. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We examined the...
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