Treatment of periodontal disease and the risk of preterm birth

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 1885-1894

  Michalowicz, Bryan S ^a,i   Hodges, James S ^a   DiAngelis, Anthony J ^b   Lupo, Virginia R ^b   Novak, M John ^c   Ferguson, James E ^d   Buchanan, William ^e   Bofill, James ^f   Papapanou, Panos N ^g   Mitchell, Dennis A ^g   Matseoane, Stephen ^h   Tschida, Pat A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEWBORN DEATH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURITY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DENTAL SCALING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; ROOT PLANING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33750528565     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa062249     Document Type: Article

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