Examination of the Relationship between Oral Health and Arterial Sclerosis without Genetic Confounding through the Study of Older Japanese Twins

• Yuko Kurushima,

  Affiliation Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology, and Oral Rehabilitation, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Kazunori Ikebe ,

  * E-mail: ikebe@dent.osaka-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology, and Oral Rehabilitation, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Ken-ichi Matsuda,

  Affiliation Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology, and Oral Rehabilitation, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Kaori Enoki,

  Affiliation Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology, and Oral Rehabilitation, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Soshiro Ogata,

  Affiliation Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Center for Twin Research, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Motozo Yamashita,

  Affiliation Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Periodontology, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Shinya Murakami,

  Affiliation Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Periodontology, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Yoshinobu Maeda,

  Affiliation Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology, and Oral Rehabilitation, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Osaka Twin Research Group

  ¶The complete membership of the group can be found in the Acknowledgments.

  Affiliation Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Center for Twin Research, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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