Association between Myocardial Infarction and Periodontitis: a Meta-Analysis of Case-Control Studies

AbstractBackground and Objective: Many clinical researches have been carried out to investigate the relationship between myocardial infarction (MI) and periodontitis. Despite most of them indicated that the periodontitis may be associated with an increased risk of MI, the findings and study types of...

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Main Authors: Quan Shi, Bin Zhang, Na Huo, Chuan Cai, Hongchen Liu, Juan Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2016.00519/full