Effect of treating periodontitis on C-reactive protein levels: a pilot study

BACKGROUND: Periodontitis is associated with elevated levels of C-reactive protein and fibrinogen and it may be a coronary heart disease risk factor. We wanted to study if treatment of periodontitis can decrease the levels of these inflammatory markers. METHODS: C-reactive protein and fibrinogen lev...

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Autores principales: Mattila, Kimmo, Vesanen, Marja, Valtonen, Ville, Nieminen, Markku, Palosuo, Timo, Rasi, Vesa, Asikainen, Sirkka
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC138813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12475397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-2-30

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC138813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12475397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-2-30

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