Non-surgical periodontal therapy reduces coronary heart disease risk markers: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1065-1074

  Bokhari, Syed Akhtar Hussain ^a   Khan, Ayyaz A ^b   Butt, Arshad K ^b   Azhar, Mohammad ^c   Hanif, Mohammad ^d   Izhar, Mateen ^b   Tatakis, Dimitris N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FAISALABAD   (Pakistan)

^b Sheikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute and Hospital   (Pakistan)

^c PUNJAB INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^d Department of Statistics   (Pakistan)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary heart disease; CRP; periodontal therapy; randomized controlled trial; risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867398095     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2012.01942.x     Document Type: Article

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