Search for dissertations about: "juvenile idiopathic arthrtitis"

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2. 1. Rheumatoid arthritis as a modifier of periodontitis

   Author : Letícia Algarves Miranda; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : periodontal disease; attachment loss; juvenile idiopathic arthrtitis; rheumatoid arthritis; interleukin-1β; interleukin-18; elastase;

   Abstract : Periodontitis is a chronic tissue-destructive condition in which the tooth-supporting collagen fibers of ligament and bone are broken down mainly by the host s overreactive immune inflammatory response. The relation between periodontitis and other chronic inflammatory destructive diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), has been dealt with in some studies because, in spite of their different etiologies, similar mechanisms of tissue destruction have been described in these conditions. READ MORE