Prevalence of Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae A genotypes II and IV in patients with chronic periodontitis and atherosclerosis

• Main Authors: Mohammad Reza Talebi Ardakani (Author), Azadeh Esmaeil Nejad (Author), Bahram Kazemi (Author), Seyed Khalil Forouzan Nia (Author), Mohamad Poormohamadi (Author), Haniyeh Moaven (Author), Mohammad Reza Hosseini Kordkheili (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Atherosclerosis is known as one of the chronic diseases with high prevalence in the human species. Many studies have elucidated the relationship between this disease and chronic periodontitis caused by Porphyromonas gingivalis (P.g). The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalenc...