Prevalence of interleukin-1 polymorphisms and its association with periodontal disease status in the Xhosa population of South Africa

dc.contributor.advisor	Stephen, L.X.G.
dc.contributor.author	Tareq, Abu Saleh
dc.contributor.other	Dept. of Oral Medicine and Periodontics
dc.contributor.other	Faculty of Science
dc.date.accessioned	2013-10-24T09:40:42Z
dc.date.available	2009/10/26 11:55
dc.date.available	2009/10/26
dc.date.available	2013-10-24T09:40:42Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2344
dc.description	Magister Scientiae - MSc	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Periodontitis is a bacterially induced chronic inflammatory disease that destroys the supporting tissues of teeth. Clinical observations and experimental evidence indicates that there is a genetic influence of risk factors for periodontitis. A specific pattern of IL-1 polymorphisms (known as the composite IL-1 genotype) has been found to influence the severity of chronic periodontitis. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between the IL-1 gene polymorphisms and the severity of periodontal disease in a selected Xhosa ppopulation of South africa.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of the Western Cape	en_US
dc.subject	Periodontal disease	en_US
dc.subject	Periodontics	en_US
dc.title	Prevalence of interleukin-1 polymorphisms and its association with periodontal disease status in the Xhosa population of South Africa	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.rights.holder	University of the Western Cape	en_US
dc.description.country	South Africa