Periodontal microbiota in a cohort of Egyptian patients with rheumatoid arthritis and their relation to serum and gingival anticitrullinated peptide protein antibodies and different disease parameters

Objective The possibility of infectious trigger at the gingival site in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was reported in previous studies. The aim of our study is to determine the organisms causing periodontitis (PD) in a cohort of Egyptian patients with RA and their relation to serum and gingival anticitr...

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Main Authors: Eiman Soliman, Abeer Abdelati, Rania Fahmy, Mona Helmy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-01-01
Series:Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation
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Online Access:http://www.err.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1110-161X;year=2018;volume=45;issue=4;spage=167;epage=174;aulast=Soliman