Periodontal pathogen carriage, rather than periodontitis, determines the serum antibody levels

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 405-411

  Pussinen, Pirkko J ^a   Könönen, Eija ^b,c   Paju, Susanna ^a   Hyvärinen, Kati ^a   Gursoy, Ulvi Kahraman ^a,c   Huumonen, Sisko ^c,d   Knuuttila, Matti ^e   Suominen, Anna L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

antibody; infection; inflammation; periodontal pathogens; periodontitis; saliva; serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PERIODONTITIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PERIODONTITIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA;

EID: 79954631718     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2011.01703.x     Document Type: Article

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