Periodontitis-associated marker bacteria in an urban North American patient population: Application of a commercial immunoassay

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1382-1391

  Eggert, F Michael ^a   McLeod, M Herbert ^a   Flowerdew, Gordon ^b   McIntyre, Edward W ^a   Wasylyk, Jason ^a   Koschzeck, Lea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunoassay; Microbiological markers; Patient care planning; Periodontal pockets diagnosis; Periodontal pockets microbiology; Periodontitis diagnosis; Periodontitis microbiology; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; SEX FACTORS; TOOTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0032240513     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.1998.69.12.1382     Document Type: Article

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