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Diabetic periodontitis: possible lipid-induced defect in tissue repair through alteration of macrophage phenotype and function.
Oral diseases - 1 Dec 1995
Iacopino A M
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BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus is a major health problem in the United States affecting approximately 13 million people. The five 'classic' complications which have historically been associated with the condition are microangiopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy, microvascular disease, and delayed wound healing. Recently, periodontal disease (PD) has been declared the 'sixth' major complication of diabetes as diabetics...
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