General immune status and oral microbiology in patients with different forms of periodontitis and healthy control subjects.

OBJECTIVE: Immunological processes in the etiopathogenesis of periodontitis, especially the aggressive form, are not well understood. This study examined clinical as well as systemic immunological and local microbiological features in healthy controls and patients with different forms of periodontit...

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Main Authors: Jana Schmidt, Holger Jentsch, Catalina-Suzana Stingu, Ulrich Sack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4192146?pdf=render