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The association of gingivitis and periodontitis with ischemic stroke

DOI

116

Citations

27

References

2004

Year

Christof E. Dörfer, Heiko Becher, Christoph M. Ziegler, Claudia Kaiser, Rainer Lutz, Daniela Jörß, Christoph Lichy, Florian Buggle, S. Bültmann, Michael R. Preusch,
Journal Of Clinical Periodontology

Abstract

Periodontitis is an independent risk factor for cerebral ischemia and acute exacerbation of inflammatory processes in the periodontium might be a trigger for the event of cerebral ischemia.

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