Associations of early childhood caries with salivary beta defensin-3 and childhood anemia: a case–control study

BACKGROUND: Human beta defensin-3 (HβD-3) is an antimicrobial peptide present in saliva that protects tooth surfaces from microbial attack. These peptides are part of innate immunity so levels may be affected by different systemic diseases like anemia. Therefore, anemia may predispose an affected ch...

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Autores principales: Faheem, Sanam, Maqsood, Shahida, Hasan, Arshad, Imtiaz, Fouzia, Shaikh, Faheem, Farooqui, Waqas Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8442316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34521396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-021-01810-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8442316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34521396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-021-01810-x

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