Periodontal disease in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus: A cross link between continuous glucose monitoring-derived metrics, caspase-3 levels, diabetic nephropathy and subclinical atherosclerosis.

Journal: Diabetes research and clinical practice
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Periodontitis can lead to the development of atherosclerotic heart disease.

Authors

  • Nancy Samir Elbarbary
    Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address: nancy_elbarbary@yahoo.com.
  • Doaa Adel Khattab
    Oral Medicine, Periodontology and Diagnosis Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
  • Basma Mohamed Sultan
    Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
  • Eman Abdel Rahman Ismail
    Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

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