Molecular epidemiology of oral treponemes associated with periodontal disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1399-1403

  Moter, Annette ^a   Hoenig, Carina ^a   Choi, Bong Kyu ^b   Riep, Birgit ^a   Göbel, Ulf B ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA MALTOPHILUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA MALTOPHILUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0031958795     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.5.1399-1403.1998     Document Type: Article

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