Evaluating and comparing phagocytic functions of salivary and blood neutrophils in patients with recurrent aphthous ulcers and controls

Quintessence International

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 411-416

  Praveen Kumar, B ^a   Keluskar, Vaishali ^a   Bagewadi, Anjana S ^a   Shetti, Arvind ^a  

^a KLE VK INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Ingestion ability; Neutrophils; Phagocytic activity; Recurrent aphthous ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANDIDA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA;

ADULT; CANDIDA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SALIVA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957279991     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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