## Abstract ## Objective There is an important inflammatory component to atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD). It is therefore interesting that the risk of CVD is high in inflammatory diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In this study, we investigated nontraditional ris
Periodontal disease as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease: Suggestion of a further link in systemic lupus erythematosus
✍ Scribed by Larissa Pessoa; Virgilio Galvão; Leopoldo Santos-Neto
- Book ID
- 116746002
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 211 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0306-9877
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