Research Article
Association between Oral Pathology, Carotid Stenosis, and Oral Bacterial DNA in Cerebral Thrombi of Patients with Stroke
Figure 3
-fold value of total bacterial DNA () and oral streptococcal DNA () between the thrombus and arterial blood from the same patient and the relationship with <50% () and ≥50% () carotid artery stenosis. DNA amounts were lower in patients with carotid dissection ().