Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk Associated with Periodontitis Exposure: A Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study.

The risk of periodontitis (PD) is increased in the patient group of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA and PD also shared some pathological mechanism. The aim of this study is to investigate the risk of RA associated with PD exposure.This study identified 3 mutually exclusive cohorts using the 1999-2010...

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Main Authors: Yin-Yi Chou, Kuo-Lung Lai, Der-Yuan Chen, Ching-Heng Lin, Hsin-Hua Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4591281?pdf=render