Is herpes simplex virus associated with pulp/periapical inflammation?

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 359-361

  Heling, I ^a,b   Morag Hezroni, M ^a   Marva, E ^a   Hochman, N ^a   Zakay Rones, Z ^a   Morag, A ^a  

^a Department of Endodontics ^*  (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULPITIS; SALIVA; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DENTAL PULP NECROSIS; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIAPICAL PERIODONTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULPITIS; SALIVA; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0035289910     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2001.113162     Document Type: Article

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