Prevalence and factors associated with dental caries in patients attending an HIV care clinic in Uganda: a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Chronic Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection is associated with reduced saliva flow rate due to infiltration of HIV and proliferation of CD8 lymphocytes in salivary glands. It is unclear whether HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy (ART) increase caries risk. This study aimed...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kalanzi, Dunstan, Mayanja-Kizza, Harriet, Nakanjako, Damalie, Mwesigwa, Catherine Lutalo, Ssenyonga, Ronald, Amaechi, Bennett T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6642521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31324242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-019-0847-9

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6642521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31324242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-019-0847-9

Ejemplares similares