TY - GEN AU - Nada Mohamed Mostafa Hassan Wassef AU - Eman Sayed Elmasry , AU - Osama Elshawy , TI - Determination of salivary antimicrobial peptide level and its relation to oral health parameters in a group of mongolian children / PY - 2008/// CY - Cairo : PB - Nada Mohamed Mostafa Hassan Wassef , KW - Alpha defensins KW - Down's syndrome KW - Trisomy 21 N1 - Thesis(M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department of Pedodontics; Issued also as CD N2 - Saliva contains several types of antimicrobial peptides that play a role in innate immunity.Peptides that were recenty added to this list are the a - defensins , HNP - 1 - 3 , which have alss been detected in saliva and are elevated in patients with oral inflammation UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -