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Analysis of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Variable Number Tandem Repeat Variant in Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis.
Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets - 1 Jan 2021
Tekcan Akin, Yigit Serbulent, Nursal Ayse F, Tumer Mehmet K, Yerliyurt Kaan, Kuruca Nilufer
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is one of the common oral inflammatory diseases. As immunological and genetic factors have been held responsible for the pathogenesis of RAS, the objective of this study was to determine whether the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) gene variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) variant is a risk factor for the development of RAS in Turkish patients and to...
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