Serum antibodies to commensal oral and gut bacteria vary with age

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-42

  Percival, R S ^a   Marsh, P D ^a,b   Challacombe, S J ^c  

^a LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Porton Down   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Gut flora; Oral flora; Serum; Specific antibody

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MOUTH FLORA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0030220923     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-8244(96)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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