Patients with chronic periodontitis are more likely to develop upper urinary tract stone: a nation-wide population-based eight-year follow up study

Patients with chronic periodontitis are more likely to develop upper urinary tract stone: a nation-wide population-based eight-year follow up study

Background The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between chronic periodontitis (CP) and upper urinary tract stone (UUTS) in Taiwan by using a population-based data set. Methods A total of 16,292 CP patients and 48,876 randomly-selected controls without chronic periodontitis w...

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Main Authors: I-Shen Huang, Sung-En Huang, Wei-Tang Kao, Cheng-Yen Chiang, To Chang, Cheng-I Lin, Alex T. Lin, Chih-Chieh Lin, Yu-Hua Fan, Hsiao-Jen Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-07-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Chronic periodontitis
Urolithiasis
Upper urinary tract stone
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/5287.pdf

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