Periodontitis and Porphyromonas gingivalis in preclinical stage of arthritis patients.

To determine whether the presence of periodontitis (PD) and Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) in the subgingival biofilm associates with the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in treatment naïve preclinical stage of arthritis patients.We conducted a prospective cohort study of 72 consecutive patie...

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Main Authors: Motomu Hashimoto, Toru Yamazaki, Masahide Hamaguchi, Takeshi Morimoto, Masashi Yamori, Keita Asai, Yu Isobe, Moritoshi Furu, Hiromu Ito, Takao Fujii, Chikashi Terao, Masato Mori, Takashi Matsuo, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Keiichi Yamamoto, Wataru Yamamoto, Kazuhisa Bessho, Tsuneyo Mimori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4388350?pdf=render