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Effect of Periodontitis on Overt Nephropathy and End-Stage Renal Disease in Type 2 Diabetes

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2007

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Wendy A. Shultis, E. Jennifer Weil, Helen C. Looker, Jeffrey M. Curtis, Marc Shlossman, Robert J. Genco, William C. Knowler, Robert G. Nelson
Diabetes Care

Abstract

Periodontitis predicts development of overt nephropathy and ESRD in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Whether treatment of periodontitis will reduce the risk of diabetic kidney disease remains to be determined.

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