Salivary parameters in infants aged 12 to 60 months with Down syndrome

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 202-205

  Siqueira, Walter Luiz ^a   Siqueira, Michelle Foigel ^a   Mustacchi, Zan ^b   De Oliveira, Elisabeth ^c   Nicolau, José ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hospital Infantil Darcy Vargas   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amylase; Down syndrome; Electrolytes; Flow rate; Peroxidase; pH; Saliva

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748952519     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2007.tb00347.x     Document Type: Article

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