Can salivary composition and high flow rate explain the low caries rate in children with familial dysautonomia?

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 581-586

  Mass, E ^a   Gadoth, N ^b   Harell, D ^c   Wolff, A ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d ASSUTA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Caries; Familial dysautonomia; Saliva

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; LYSOZYME; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SALIVA PROTEIN; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSAUTONOMIA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA; SECRETION; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BUFFERS; CALCIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORIDES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DMF INDEX; DYSAUTONOMIA, FAMILIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; LACTOBACILLUS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MURAMIDASE; POTASSIUM; SALIVA; SALIVARY PROTEINS; SECRETORY RATE; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0036878844     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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