Distribution of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans serotypes and Porphyromonas gingivalis in Japanese adults

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 135-139

  Yoshida, Y ^a   Suzuki, N ^a   Nakano, Y ^a   Shibuya, K ^b   Ogawa, Y ^b   Koga, Toshihiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Lion Foundation for Dental Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; PCR; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Serotype

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SEROTYPE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GINGIVAL CREVICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL POCKET; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0038579711     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2003.00034.x     Document Type: Article

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