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Research Article| Volume 48, ISSUE 3, P256-261, September 1979

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Detection of immune complexes in human dental periapical lesions by anticomplement immunofluorescence technique

  • Mahmoud Torabinejad
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    School of Dentistry, Loma Linda University Loma Linda, Calif., USA

    School of Medicine, Loma Linda University Loma Linda, Calif., USA
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  • James D. Kettering
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    Reprint requests to: Dr. James D. Kettering Assistant Professor of Microbiology School of Medicine Loma Linda University Loma Linda, Calif. 92354
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    School of Dentistry, Loma Linda University Loma Linda, Calif., USA

    School of Medicine, Loma Linda University Loma Linda, Calif., USA
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  • Author Footnotes
    ∗ Associate Professor of Endodontics, School of Dentistry.
    ∗∗ Assistant Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine.
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      Abstract

      Twenty-five human dental periapical lesions were obtained. The lesions were frozen, sectioned, and examined for the presence of immune complexes by employing an anticomplement immunofluorescence (ACIF) technique. Twenty-three of the periapical specimens were positive for antigen-antibody complexes. No staining was noted in the two lesions that were histologically diagnosed as periapical scar tissue.
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