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Maternal Risk Factors and Periodontal Disease: A Cross-sectional Study among Postpartum Mothers in Tamil Nadu

BACKGROUND AND AIM: It is inconclusive that periodontitis is an independent risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes. This study aims to investigate the association between maternal periodontitis and preterm and/or low birth weight babies. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This was a prospective cross-sectiona...

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Autores principales: Govindasamy, Rohini, Dhanasekaran, Manikandan, Varghese, Sheeja S., Balaji, V. R., Karthikeyan, B., Christopher, Ananthi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5731044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29284936
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpbs.JPBS_88_17