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

• Main Authors: Manika Govil (Author), Nandita Mukhopadhyay (Author), Daniel E. Weeks (Author), Eleanor Feingold (Author), John R. Shaffer (Author), Steven M. Levy (Author), Alexandre R. Vieira (Author), Rebecca L. Slayton (Author), Daniel W. McNeil (Author), Robert J. Weyant (Author), Richard J. Crout (Author), Mary L. Marazita (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...