Serum Interleukin-6 as a Serologic Marker of Chronic Periapical Lesions: A Case-control Study. | Zendy

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Serum Interleukin-6 as a Serologic Marker of Chronic Periapical Lesions: A Case-control Study.

Author(s) -

Hamid Reza Abdolsamadi,

Mohammad Vahedi,

Farzad Esmaeili,

Shahrzad Nazari,

Shermin Abdollahzadeh

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

pubmed

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2008-210X

DOI - 10.5681/joddd.2008.009

Subject(s) - medicine , serology , pathogenesis , pathology , interleukin , dentistry , immunology , antibody , cytokine

Chronic periapical disease with pulpal origin is an inflammatory condition caused by bacterial infection. Chronic infection could affect general health by increasing the production of cytokines such as interleukin-6 (IL-6) that probably play a role in pathogenesis of pulpal and periapical diseases. The aim of the present study was a comparative evaluation of the level of serum IL 6 in patients with periapical lesions and healthy controls.

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