Correlation between leptin and the health of the gingiva: A predictor of medical risk

Context: Over the past decade, a growing body of scientific evidence has suggested an exquisite association between oral infection and systemic diseases (e.g. atherosclerosis, cardiovascular diseases, premature or low birth weight babies, pulmonary diseases, etc.) and also between systemic diseases...

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Main Authors: Vidhya Gangadhar, Amitha Ramesh, Biju Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Dental Research
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Online Access:http://www.ijdr.in/article.asp?issn=0970-9290;year=2011;volume=22;issue=4;spage=537;epage=541;aulast=Gangadhar