Oral infection and vascular disease

Vascular Disease Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 260-267

  Meurman, Jukka H ^a   Sanz, Mariano ^b   Janket, Sok Ja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Cytokines; Myocardial infarction; Oral infection; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MOUTH INFECTION; MOUTH MUCOSA; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STROKE; TOOTH; TOOTH PLAQUE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 36448989687     PISSN: 15672700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156727007782331786     Document Type: Review

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