Study of the association between the interleukin-1 β c.3954C>T polymorphism and periodontitis in a population sample from Bahia, Brazil

Background: Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease characterized by the loss of connective tissue and alveolar bone. Different factors are associated with the onset and prognosis of this disease, both environmental and genetic. The latter particularly relate to molecules secreted as a function of...

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Main Authors: Samir A Mendonça, Fernanda G Teixeira, Kamilla M Oliveira, Djanilson B Santos, Lucas M Marques, Maise M Amorim, Raquel De S. Gestinari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
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Online Access:http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2015;volume=6;issue=2;spage=176;epage=182;aulast=Mendonça