Effect of periodontal treatment on the activity of chitinase in whole saliva of periodontitis patients

Journal of Periodontal Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 245-249

  Van Steijn, G J ^a   Nieuw Amerongen, A V ^a   Veerman, E C I ^a   Kasanmoentalib, S ^a,b   Overdijk, B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Periodontitis, saliva; N acetylhexosaminidase

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CHITINASE; SALIVA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; STATISTICS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CHITINASE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL SCALING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTITIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOT PLANING; SALIVA; SALIVARY PROTEINS; STATISTICS; SUBGINGIVAL CURETTAGE;

EID: 2042527585     PISSN: 00223484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0765.2002.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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