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Relationship between periodontitis and psoriasis: A two-sample Mendelian randomization study.
Journal of clinical periodontology - 1 Jun 2022
Baurecht Hansjörg, Freuer Dennis, Welker Christine, Tsoi Lam C, Elder James T, Ehmke Benjamin, Leitzmann Michael F, Holtfreter Birte, Baumeister Sebastian-Edgar
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AIM: Observational research suggests that periodontitis affects psoriasis. However, observational studies are prone to reverse causation and confounding, which hampers drawing causal conclusions and the effect direction. We applied the Mendelian randomization (MR) method to comprehensively assess the potential bi-directional association between periodontitis and psoriasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used genetic...
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