Changes in pharyngeal aerobic microflora in oral breathers after palatal rapid expansion

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Cazzolla, Angela Pia ^a   Campisi, Giuseppina ^b   Lacaita, Grazia Maria ^a   Cuccia, Marco Antonino ^b   Ripa, Antonio ^a   Testa, Nunzio Francesco ^a   Ciavarella, Domenico ^c   Muzio, Lorenzo Lo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AEROBIC BACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BREATHING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MOUTH FLORA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; ORTHODONTICS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; RANK SUM TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 33644773744     PISSN: 14726831     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-6-2     Document Type: Article

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