The Link Between Periodontitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Periodontist’s Perspective

Current Oral Health Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-29

  Payne, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Golub, Lorne M ^c   Thiele, Geoffrey M ^b   Mikuls, Ted R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar bone loss; Case control studies; Periodontitis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Subantimicrobial dose doxycycline

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930952118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21963002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40496-014-0040-9     Document Type: Review

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