Periapical lesion development in rats inhibited by dexamethasone

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 643-645

  Metzger, Zvi ^a   Klein, Hagay ^a   Klein, Abraham ^b   Tagger, Michael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; OSTEOLYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICS; TIME; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BONE RESORPTION; DENTAL PULP EXPOSURE; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PERIAPICAL PERIODONTITIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036728101     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004770-200209000-00004     Document Type: Article

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