The effect of subantimicrobial-dose-doxycycline periodontal therapy on serum biomarkers of systemic inflammation: a randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled clinical trial

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Summary

A two-year SDD regimen in postmenopausal women with chronic periodontitis significantly reduced the serum inflammatory biomarkers hs-CRP and MMP-9 and, among women more than five years postmenopausal, raised HDL cholesterol.

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2011-03-01
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Medicine, Systemic inflammation, Internal medicine, Periodontitis, Regimen

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