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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2018-07-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/5287.pdf |