American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 194, Issue 5 , Pages 1316-1322, May 2006

Maternal periodontal disease in early pregnancy and risk for a small-for-gestational-age infant

  • Kim A. Boggess, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
    • Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • James D. Beck, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Amy P. Murtha, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Kevin Moss

      Affiliations

    • Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Steven Offenbacher, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Received 29 June 2005; received in revised form 29 November 2005; accepted 30 November 2005. published online 24 April 2006.

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    •  Supported by National Institutes of Health Grants K08 HD043284 and R01 DE12453 and the University of North Carolina General Clinical Research Center Grant RR00046.Reprints not available from the authors.

    PII: S0002-9378(05)02679-7

    doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2005.11.059

    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    Volume 194, Issue 5 , Pages 1316-1322, May 2006