Use of minimally invasive gingival biopsies in the study of inflammatory mediators expression and their correlation with gingival fluid in patients with chronic periodontitis

• Main Authors: Karina Schittine Bezerra Lomba (Author), Tatiane Flôr Coelho de Souza Breves Beiler (Author), Manuela Rubim Camara Sete (Author), Fábio Ramoa Pires (Author), Carlos Marcelo da Silva Figueredo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: There are no studies comparing the gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) cytokines expression with its corresponding values from the same tissue's sites. Such comparison might be of great value since most of the cytokine function is related to cell and/or tissue receptors. Aims: Our aim w...