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Periodontal disease and atherosclerosis from the viewpoint of the relationship between community periodontal index of treatment needs and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity

BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that periodontal disease may be an independent risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis. However, the relationship between periodontal disease and atherosclerosis has not been fully elucidated. This study aimed to assess the effects of periodontal disease...

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Autores principales: Miyaki, Koichi, Masaki, Katsunori, Naito, Mariko, Naito, Toru, Hoshi, Keika, Hara, Asako, Tohyama, Shugo, Nakayama, Takeo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1524747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16696868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-131