Genetic considerations of risk in human periodontal disease.

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Genetic considerations of risk in human periodontal disease.

Current opinion in periodontology - 1 Jan 1994

Hart T C

Abstract excerpt

Increasingly, evidence suggests that underlying host susceptibility factors play a significant role in periodontitis in high-risk patients and that this risk may be partly under genetic control. Support for a heritable component to periodontitis risk comes from the consistent association of perio...

Topics

Aggressive Periodontitis
Diseases in Twins
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Periodontitis
Risk Factors

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