Prevalence of medically compromised patients referred for periodontal treatment to a teaching hospital in Central Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1242-1245

  Almas, Khalid ^a,b   Awartani, Fatin A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SAUDI ARABIA; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0346780743     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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