Monozygotic twins are discordant for chronic periodontitis: Clinical and bacteriological findings

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-128

  Torres De Heens, Gaudy L ^a   Loos, Bruno G ^a   Van Der Velden, Ubele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genetics; Periodontitis; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOKING; TWINS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 74049100922     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2009.01511.x     Document Type: Article

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