A critical assessment of adverse pregnancy outcome and periodontal disease

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2008, Pages 380-397

  Wimmer, Gernot ^a   Pihlstrom, Bruce L ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse pregnancy outcomes; Low birth weight; Periodontal disease; Periodontal therapy; Periodontitis; Pre term birth; Review

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREMATURE BIRTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY;

EID: 50249102186     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2008.01284.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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