Tooth loss and the incidence of ischemic stroke

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 314-319

  Shirotani, Toshiki ^a   Takahara, Takashi ^a   Wada, Kojiro ^a   Matsushita, Yoshitaro ^a   Ono, Kenichiro ^a  

^a Self Defense Forces Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Periodontal disease; Risk factors; Stroke; Tooth loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 20444416753     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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