Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 polymorphisms as a risk factor for chronic periodontitis in North Indian population

• Main Authors: Puja Debnath (Author), Jayant Dewangan (Author), Divya Tandon (Author), Vivek Govila (Author), Mona Sharma (Author), Virendra Kumar (Author), Smita Govila (Author), Srikanta Kumar Rath (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: Impaired plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), controlling coagulation and the fibrinolytic system is supposed to be involved in the pathogenesis of periodontitis. This study was performed to examine the association of PAI-1 gene polymorphisms with Chronic Periodontitis (CP) and alv...