Amniotic membrane: A potential candidate for periodontal guided tissue regeneration?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 454-

  Lafzi, Ardeshir ^a   Farahani, Ramin Mostofi Zadeh ^a   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b,c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION; DETERIORATION; GINGIVA; LETTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PERIODONTICS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNION; FEMALE; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION, PERIODONTAL; HUMANS; PERIODONTIUM; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34249981807     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.12.022     Document Type: Letter

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