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Prevalence of systemic immunoreactivity to Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans leukotoxin in relation to the incidence of myocardial infarction

BACKGROUND: Chronic infections and associated inflammatory markers are suggested risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The proinflammatory cytokine, interleukin (IL)-1β, is suggested to play a role in the regulation of local inflammatory responses in both CVD and periodontitis. The leukotox...

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Autores principales: Johansson, Anders, Eriksson, Marie, Åhrén, Ann-Marie, Boman, Kurt, Jansson, Jan-Håkan, Hallmans, Göran, Johansson, Ingegerd
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3053232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21362180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-55