White blood cell count in generalized aggressive periodontitis after non-surgical therapy

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 201-206

  Christan, Claudia ^a   Dietrich, Thomas ^a   Hägewald, Stefan ^a   Kage, Andreas ^a   Bernimoulin, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential blood count; Generalized aggressive periodontitis; Leukocytes; Non surgical therapy; Smoking; Thrombocytes; White blood cell count (WBC count)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; DENTAL SCALING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PERIODONTITIS; PLATELET COUNT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBGINGIVAL CURETTAGE;

EID: 0036518282     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-051x.2002.290303.x     Document Type: Article

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