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Atherosclerosis

Porphyromonas gingivalis infection linked to carotid atherosclerosis

According to recent research from Japan, "The aim of the present study was to investigate whether nonobese Japanese type 2 diabetic patients with porphyromonas gingivalis infection have atherosclerotic vascular diseases."

"A total of 134 nonobese Japanese type 2 diabetic patients (96 men and 38 women, aged 36 to 84 years, body mass index [BMI] 20.1 to 26.9 kg/m²) were studied," reported Ataru Taniguchi and collaborators at Kansai-Denryoku Hospital, Kyoto University, Jichi Medical School, and the Okayama University...

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