Associations of MHC genes with levels of caries-inducing organisms and caries severity in African-American women

Human Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 984-989

  Acton, Ronald T ^a   Dasanayake, Ananda P ^a   Harrison, Renee A ^a   Li, Yihong ^a   Roseman, Jeffrey M ^a   Go, Rodney C P ^a   Wiener, Howard ^a   Caufield, Page W ^a  

^a School of Dentistry   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Caries; HLA; TNF

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUTH FLORA; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALABAMA; ALLELES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-D ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032747437     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(99)00088-9     Document Type: Article

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