Association between periodontitis and the risk of palindromic rheumatism: A nationwide, population-based, case-control study.

Association between periodontitis and the risk of palindromic rheumatism: A nationwide, population-based, case-control study.

To estimate the association between a history of periodontitis (PD) and the risk of incident palindromic rheumatism (PR).Using a nationwide, administrative database, this study identified 4,421 newly-diagnosed PR cases from 2007 to 2012 and randomly selected 44,210 non-PR controls matched (1:10) for...

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Main Authors: Ching-Heng Lin, Der-Yuan Chen, Wen-Cheng Chao, Tsai-Ling Liao, Yi-Ming Chen, Hsin-Hua Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5542542?pdf=render

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