Periodontitis and platelet count: A new potential link with cardiovascular and other systemic inflammatory diseases.

Mario Romandini Andreina LaforíPierluigi RomandiniGiacomo BaimaMassimo Cordaro

Published in: Journal of clinical periodontology (2019)

Within the limitations of this study, periodontitis-especially severe-is independently associated with a considerable increase in platelet count which is explained, at least in part, by an increase in the systemic inflammation.

Keyphrases

peripheral blood
oxidative stress
early onset
climate change