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The Sex and Gender Intersection in Chronic Periodontitis

Periodontitis, a complex polymicrobial inflammatory disease, is a public health burden affecting more than 100 million people and being partially responsible for tooth loss. Interestingly, periodontitis has a documented higher prevalence in men as compared to women signifying a possible sex/gender e...

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Autor principal: Ioannidou, Effie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5543279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28824898
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00189