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P.J. Leggott
Researcher at University of California, San Francisco
Publications - 15
Citations - 731
P.J. Leggott is an academic researcher from University of California, San Francisco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ascorbic acid & Maxillary central incisor. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 15 publications receiving 715 citations. Previous affiliations of P.J. Leggott include University of British Columbia.
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Parotid gland enlargement and xerostomia associated with labial sialadenitis in HIV-infected patients.
Morten Schiødt,Deborah Greenspan,Troy E. Daniels,Jay A. Nelson,P.J. Leggott,Diane W. Wara,John S. Greenspan +6 more
TL;DR: HIV-SGD patients show a number of similarities to and differences from patients with Sjögren's syndrome; the similarities include the oral and salivary features, histopathology and possibly changes in other organs, and the differences include the lower salive gland T4/T8 ratio and the absence of autoantibodies in serum.
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Prognostic significance of oral lesions in children with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Mitchell H. Katz,Mary T. Mastrucci,P.J. Leggott,Janice Westenhouse,John S. Greenspan,Gwendolyn B. Scott +5 more
TL;DR: The presence of oral candidiasis and parotid enlargement confer important prognostic information and should be incorporated into decisions regarding therapy for HIV-infected children.
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Oral manifestations of HIV infection in children.
P.J. Leggott,P.J. Leggott +1 more
TL;DR: The clinical oral manifestations in children of HIV infection in children are described on the basis of the literature and the personal observations of HIV-infected pediatric patients.
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Effects of Ascorbic Acid Depletion and Supplementation on Periodontal Health and Subgingival Microflora in Humans
TL;DR: No relationship could be demonstrated between either the presence or proportion of target periodontal micro-organisms and measures of gingival bleeding or ascorbate levels in young men housed for 13 weeks in a nutrition suite that provided controlled periods of asCorbic acid depletion and repletion.
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The effect of controlled ascorbic acid depletion and supplementation on periodontal health.
TL;DR: The results suggest that ascorbic acid may influence early stages of gingivitis, particularly crevicular bleeding.