Free soluble receptor activator of nuclear factor-κb ligand in gingival crevicular fluid correlates with distinct pathogens in periodontitis patients
✍ Scribed by Dimitra Sakellari; Sofia Menti; Antonis Konstantinidis
- Book ID
- 109360980
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 228 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0303-6979
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