The effect of periodontal therapy on neopterin and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 levels in chronic periodontitis patients with and without acute myocardial infarction: a case-control study

• Egile Nagusiak: Zeynep Turgut Çankaya (Egilea), Ayşen Bodur (Egilea), Gülten Taçoy (Egilea), Imge Ergüder (Egilea), Derya Aktuna (Egilea), Atiye Çengel (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: University of São Paulo, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract The presence of neopterin in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) is a marker for local and acute immune activation, and the presence of vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM-1) in GCF is accepted as a marker for chronic vascular inflammation. Objectives This study aimed to evaluate effects of p...