The etiology of periodontal disease revisited by population genetic analysis

Periodontology 2000

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 158-179

  Kilian, Mogens ^a   Frandsen, Ellen V G ^a   Haubek, Dorte ^a   Poulsen, Knud ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; AFRICA; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH PLAQUE; VIRULENCE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIODIVERSITY; DENTAL PLAQUE; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; JAPAN; PERIODONTITIS; PERIODONTITIS, JUVENILE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 33747826241     PISSN: 09066713     EISSN: 16000757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0757.2006.00159.x     Document Type: Review

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