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Systemic lycopene as an adjunct to scaling and root planing in chronic periodontitis patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

BACKGROUND: Patients with type 2 diabetes have an increased prevalence of periodontitis and, in turn, periodontitis adversely affects the diabetic status. Oxidative stress plays a key role in affecting the pathophysiology of both the diseases and adjunctive systemic antioxidant therapy may have bene...

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Autores principales: Reddy, Panthula Veerendra Nath, Ambati, Manasa, Koduganti, Rekharani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4428016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25984464
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.156520