Microbiological and immunological characteristics of young Moroccan patients with aggressive periodontitis with and without detectable Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans JP2 infection

Molecular Oral Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-51

  Rylev, M ^a   Bek Thomsen, M ^a   Reinholdt, J ^a   Ennibi, O K ^b   Kilian, M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Aggressive periodontitis; Immunity; Leukotoxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; GENOMIC DNA; LEUKOTOXIN; RNA 16S; TOXIN ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; AGGRESSIVE PERIODONTITIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSIVE PERIODONTITIS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLONE CELLS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EXOTOXINS; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MOROCCO; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651093830     PISSN: 20411006     EISSN: 20411014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-1014.2010.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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