Gingival fluid cytokine expression and subgingival bacterial counts during pregnancy and postpartum: A case series

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-28

  Bieri, Regina Alessandri ^a   Adriaens, Laurence ^a   Spörri, Stefan ^b   Lang, Niklaus P ^c   Persson, G Rutger ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cytokine; Gingival crevicular fluid; Gingival inflammation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871935630     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-012-0674-8     Document Type: Article

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