Article
Microbiome composition comparison in oral and atherosclerotic plaque from patients with and without periodontitis
2018-12-24
Abstract excerpt
There is no conclusive evidence regarding a causal relationship between periodontitis and atherosclerosis. In this study, we examined the microbiome in the oral cavity and atheromatous plaques from atherosclerosis patients with or without periodontitis to investigate the role of oral bacteria in the formation of atheromatous plaques. We chose four patients with and without periodontitis, who had undergone carotid...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 8fcca6ce-07b3-5b52-a962-5f6f1d5b7cc2
- DOI
- 10.1101/505982
