Periodontal disease as a potential risk factor for acute coronary syndromes;Doença periodontal como potencial fator de risco para síndromes coronarianas agudas

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Serrano Jr , Carlos Vicente ^a   De Souza, Juliana Ascenção ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO ZERBINI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; TOOTH INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; NOTE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846347672     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2006001800002     Document Type: Editorial

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