Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and its relationship to initiation of localized aggressive periodontitis: Longitudinal cohort study of initially healthy adolescents

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3859-3869

  Fine, Daniel H ^a,c   Markowitz, Kenneth ^a   Furgang, David ^a   Fairlie, Karen ^a   Ferrandiz, Javier ^a   Nasri, Cebile ^a   McKiernan, Marie ^a   Gunsolley, John ^b  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH FLORA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PASTEURELLACEAE; PERIODONTITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 37249071345     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00653-07     Document Type: Article

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