Genotypic diversity of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus in 3-4-year-old children with severe caries or without caries

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 422-431

  Zhou, Qiong ^a   Qin, Xiurong ^a   Qin, Man ^a   Ge, Lihong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL OF STOMATOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOUTH; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 80053575154     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2011.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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