Influence of hypertension and other risk factors on the onset of sublingual varices
Abstract Background Sublingual varices (SV) are dilatations of tortuous veins that increased with age. Previous studies showed that this pathology could be correlated to some risk factors such as hypertension, age, gender and diabetes mellitus. In this study we evaluated, on a large number of subjec...
Main Authors: | Agostino Accardo, Lorenzo Pascazio, Fulvia Costantinides, Fabio Gorza, Giulia Silveri |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-05-01
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Series: | BMC Oral Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-021-01604-1 |
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