The salivary alpha-amylase concentration in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A case-control study

• Main Authors: Fahimeh Pakravan (Author), Mehdi Nasr Isfahani (Author), Mateen Ghorbani (Author), Naghmeh Salesi (Author), Mansour Salesi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common chronic inflammatory diseases. Previous studies have reported an association between stress and salivary alpha-amylase. The aim of this study was to investigate the concentration of salivary alpha-amylase in patients with RA (by elimina...