Mouths and brains. Could oral infection be a risk factor for dementia?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1184-

  Stewart, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH INFECTION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

AGED; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INFECTION; MOUTH DISEASES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERIODONTITIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 72249112755     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.178509     Document Type: Editorial

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