Is there any association between periodontitis and preterm low birth weight?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1288-1293

  Calabrese, Nicolino ^a   Calabrese, Antonio ^a   Nibali, Luigi ^b   Rosati, Alessia ^c   Fiengo, Stefania ^c   Di Renzo, Gian C ^c  

^a NAC Odontoiatrics   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

low birth weight; Periodontitis; preterm birth; preterm low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIODONTITIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERIODONTITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958078094     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767051003615467     Document Type: Article

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