Periodontitis and Systemic Inflammation : Control of the Local Infection is Associated with a Reduction in Serum Inflammatory Markers - D’Aiuto, F.; Parkar, M.; Andreou, G.; Suvan, J.; Brett, P.M.; Ready, D.; Tonetti, M.S. (Journal of dental research, 2004)
Keywords: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans - isolation & purification; atherosclerosis; Bacteroides - isolation & purification; Biomarkers - blood; C-reactive protein; C-Reactive Protein - analysis; Confidence Intervals; Confounding Factors (Epidemiology); Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; infection; inflammation; Inflammation - prevention & control; Inflammation Mediators - blood; Interleukin-6 - blood; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Periodontal Pocket - microbiology; Periodontal Pocket - therapy; periodontitis; Periodontitis - blood; Periodontitis - microbiology; Periodontitis - prevention & control; Pilot Projects; Porphyromonas gingivalis - isolation & purification; Prospective Studies; Single-Blind Method; atherosclerosis; infection; C-reactive protein; inflammation; periodontitis