The Prevalence and Relationship between Periodontal Disease and Pre-term Low Birth Weight Infants at King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Sameer Abdullah Mokeem, Ghadeer Nabeel Molla, Thikriat Saleh Al-Jewair
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Mokeem SA, Molla GN, Al-Jewair TS. The Prevalence and Relationship between Periodontal Disease and Pre-term Low Birth Weight Infants at King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. J Contemp Dent Pract 2004; 5 (2):40-56.
Mokeem SA, Molla GN, Al-Jewair TS. The Prevalence and Relationship between Periodontal Disease and Pre-term Low Birth Weight Infants at King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. J Contemp Dent Pract 2004 May;(5)2:040-056.
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