Open AccessQualitative assessment of red blood cell parameters for signs of anemia in patients with chronic periodontitis
Author(s) -
Nubesh S Khan,
Roji Luke,
Rino Roopak Soman,
Praveen Krishna,
Iqbal P Safar,
Senthil Kumar Swaminathan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.167726
Subject(s) - mean corpuscular volume , medicine , mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration , chronic periodontitis , periodontitis , hemoglobin , anemia , mean corpuscular hemoglobin , anemia of chronic disease , gastroenterology , red blood cell , red blood cell distribution width , iron deficiency anemia
Anemia of chronic disease is defined as anemia occurring in chronic infections and inflammatory conditions that is not caused by marrow deficiencies or other diseases and in the presence of adequate iron stores and vitamins. The present case control study was aimed to assess the red blood cell parameters for signs of anemia in patients with mild, moderate, and severe chronic periodontitis.