The highly leukotoxic JP2 clone of actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and progression of periodontal attachment loss

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 767-770

  Haubek, D ^a   Ennibi, O K ^b   Poulsen, K ^a   Benzarti, N ^b   Baelum, V ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY IN RABAT   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Adolescent; Leukotoxin; Morocco; Progression

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL CLONE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOROCCO; PATHOGENICITY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; RISK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLONE CELLS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOROCCO; ODDS RATIO; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTITIS, JUVENILE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 16544386061     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154405910408301006     Document Type: Article

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