Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the prevalence and severity of gingival overgrowth in renal transplant recipients concomitantly treated with cyclosporin and a calcium channel blocker was associated with functional polymorphisms within the signal sequence of the transforming growth factor-(TGF)beta1 gene.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 808-814 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Periodontology |
Volume | 72 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2001 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Alleles
- Analysis of Variance
- Arginine
- Calcium Channel Blockers
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Codon
- Confidence Intervals
- Cyclosporine
- DNA
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genotype
- Gingival Overgrowth
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Kidney Transplantation
- Leucine
- Logistic Models
- Male
- Odds Ratio
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Proline
- Transforming Growth Factor beta
- Transforming Growth Factor beta1