Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus in dental plaque samples and its association with early childhood caries

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-147

  Choi, Eun Jung ^a   Lee, Sung Hoon ^a   Kim, Young Jae ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b School of Dentistry   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOREA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL PLAQUE; HUMANS; KOREA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 60649117952     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2008.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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