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ArticleBioMed research international2018

Salivary Levels of IL-6 and IL-17 Could Be an Indicator of Disease Severity in Patients with Calculus Associated Chronic Periodontitis.

Husniah Batool, Ahmed Nadeem, Muhammad Kashif, Faheem Shahzad, Romeeza Tahir, Nadeem Afzal

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Article in BioMed research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05306860 (Investigation of the Relationships and Clinical Parameters Between IL-6, IL-17 and IL-35 Levels in the Gingival Crevicular Fluid of Individuals With Grade B-C Stage III-IV Periodontitis), which is not on this map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05306860 completednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Investigation of the Relationships and Clinical Parameters Between IL-6, IL-17 and IL-35 Levels in the Gingival Crevicular Fluid of Individuals With Grade B-C Stage III-IV Periodontitis

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorIstanbul UniversityRan2022 to 2023Enrolled60ConditionsPeriodontitisArmsNo intervention was applied to the groups the samples will be collected in terms of the diagnosis (periodontitis, healthy)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Husniah BatoolNishtar Dental College, Multan, Pakistan.
Ahmed NadeemDepartment of Immunology, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
Muhammad KashifDepartment of Oral Pathology, BAMDC, Multan, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-1427-8893
Faheem ShahzadDepartment of Immunology, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-2238-5912
Romeeza TahirDepartment of Immunology, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
Nadeem AfzalDepartment of Immunology, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0001-7477-0487
University of Health Sciences Lahore · PKNishtar Medical College and Hospital · PK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Severity of Illness IndexAdultCase-Control StudiesChronic PeriodontitisDental CalculusFemaleHumansInterleukin-17Interleukin-6MaleSalivaInterleukin-17Interleukin-6

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PMID29670909
PMCPMC5835283
OpenAlexW2789922190

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