Novel caries loci in children and adults implicated by genome-wide analysis of families

Novel caries loci in children and adults implicated by genome-wide analysis of families

Abstract Background Dental caries is a common chronic disease among children and adults alike, posing a substantial health burden. Caries is affected by multiple genetic and environmental factors, and prior studies have found that a substantial proportion of caries susceptibility is genetically inhe...

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Main Authors: Manika Govil, Nandita Mukhopadhyay, Daniel E. Weeks, Eleanor Feingold, John R. Shaffer, Steven M. Levy, Alexandre R. Vieira, Rebecca L. Slayton, Daniel W. McNeil, Robert J. Weyant, Richard J. Crout, Mary L. Marazita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Oral Health
Subjects:
Dental genetics
Dental public health
Permanent dentition caries
Primary dentition caries
Non-parametric linkage
Genome-wide linkage study
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12903-018-0559-6

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