Aggressive periodontitis in a 16-year-old Ghanaian adolescent, the original source of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans strain HK1651 - A 10-year follow up

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 370-375

  Haubek, D ^a,c   Havemose Poulsen, A ^b   Westergaard, J ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LEUKOTOXIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIODONTITIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; MAXILLARY DISEASES; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTITIS, JUVENILE;

EID: 33746589817     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2006.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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