HLA class II alleles and salivary numbers of mutans streptococci and lactobacilli among young adults in Japan

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 353-357

  Ozawa, Y ^a   Chiba, J ^a   Sakamoto, S ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HLA allele; Lactobacilli; Mutans streptococci

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA D ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA-DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK; SALIVA; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALLELES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA-D ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SALIVA; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0035164060     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2001.160606.x     Document Type: Article

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