Mercury-reactive lymphocytes in peripheral blood are not a marker for dental amalgam associated disease

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 469-474

  Henderson, D C ^a   Clifford, R ^a   Young, D M ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental amalgam; Lymphocyte proliferative responses; Lymphocytes; Mercury; Metal specific T cell assay

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; ANTIGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY; NICKEL; TETANUS TOXOID; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL DIVISION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL DIVISION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ISOANTIGENS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; STATISTICS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TETANUS TOXOID; TUBERCULIN;

EID: 0035468403     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-5712(01)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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