Periodontitis-associated pregnancy complications

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 82-85

  Offenbacher, S ^a   Lieff, S ^a   Beck, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Infection; Low birth weight; Periodontitis; Preterm; Prostaglandins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010585311     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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