Periodontitis and <i>Porphyromonas gingivalis</i> in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

R. Mikuls, Ted; B. Payne, Jeffrey; Yu, Fang; M. Thiele, Geoffrey; J. Reynolds, Richard; W. Cannon, Grant; C. Markt, Jeffrey; J. McGowan, David; S. Kerr, Gail; S. Redman, Robert; Reimold, Andreas; R. Griffiths, Garth; W. Beatty, Mark; M. Gonzalez, Shawneen; Bergman, Debra; C. Hamilton, Bartlett; R. Erickson, Alan; Sokolove, Jeremy; H. Robinson, William; Walker, Clay; Chandad, Fatiha; R. O’Dell, James

doi:10.1002/art.38348

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Periodontitis and Porphyromonas gingivalis in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Published in Arthritis & Rheumatology • Jan 8, 2014

Authors:

Ted R. Mikuls

Jeffrey B. Payne

Fang Yu

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine the degree to which shared risk factors explain the relationship of periodontitis (PD) to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to determine the associations of PD and Porphyromonas gingivalis with pathologic and clinical features of RA. METHODS: Patients with RA (n = 287) and patients...

Subject

Porphyromonas gingivalis

Medicine

Rheumatoid arthritis

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