 Gingival Crevicular Fluid
"Gingival Crevicular Fluid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A fluid occurring in minute amounts in the gingival crevice, believed by some authorities to be an inflammatory exudate and by others to cleanse material from the crevice, containing sticky plasma proteins which improve adhesions of the epithelial attachment, have antimicrobial properties, and exert antibody activity. (From Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982)
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D005883
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A12.383.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Gingival Crevicular Fluid- Gingival Crevicular Fluid
- Crevicular Fluid, Gingival
- Crevicular Fluids, Gingival
- Fluid, Gingival Crevicular
- Fluids, Gingival Crevicular
- Gingival Crevicular Fluids
- Gingival Exudate
- Exudate, Gingival
- Exudates, Gingival
- Gingival Exudates
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gingival Crevicular Fluid" by people in Profiles.
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White RP, Phillips C, Hull DJ, Offenbacher S, Blakey GH, Haug RH. Risk markers for periodontal pathology over time in the third molar and non-third molar regions in young adults. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2008 Apr; 66(4):749-54.
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Alpagot T, Font K, Lee A. Longitudinal evaluation of GCF IFN-gamma levels and periodontal status in HIV+ patients. J Clin Periodontol. 2003 Nov; 30(11):944-8.
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Davenport RH, Simpson DM, Hassell TM. Histometric comparison of active and inactive lesions of advanced periodontitis. J Periodontol. 1982 May; 53(5):285-95.
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Simpson DM, Avery BE. Pathologically altered fibroblasts within lymphoid cell infiltrates in early gingivitis. J Dent Res. 1973 Sep-Oct; 52(5):1156.
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