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Temporomandibular Joint Bone Tissue Resorption in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Can Be Predicted by Joint Crepitus and Plasma Glutamate Level
Joint Authors
Alstergren, Per
Näsström, Karin
Kopp, Sigvard
Hajati, Anna-Kari
Bratt, Johan
Source
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-06-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The aim was to investigate whether bone tissue resorption in early RA is related to crepitus of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and systemic levels of inflammatory mediators and markers and sex steroid hormones.
Twentynine women and 18 men with recently diagnosed RA were examined for TMJ bone erosions with computerized tomography and TMJ crepitus was assessed.
Blood samples were analyzed for glutamate, 5-HT, TNF, IL-1β, IL-6, VEGF, inflammatory markers, and estradiol, progesterone and testosterone.
The TMJ erosion score was positively correlated to glutamate, and TMJ crepitus where crepitus, glutamate and ESR explained 40% of the variation in the bone erosion score.
In the patients without crepitus, bone erosion score was positively correlated to glutamate, which was not the case in the patients with crepitus.
In conclusion, the results of this study show that TMJ bone tissue resorption can be predicted by TMJ crepitus and glutamate in early RA.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hajati, Anna-Kari& Näsström, Karin& Alstergren, Per& Bratt, Johan& Kopp, Sigvard. 2010. Temporomandibular Joint Bone Tissue Resorption in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Can Be Predicted by Joint Crepitus and Plasma Glutamate Level. Mediators of Inflammation،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hajati, Anna-Kari…[et al.]. Temporomandibular Joint Bone Tissue Resorption in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Can Be Predicted by Joint Crepitus and Plasma Glutamate Level. Mediators of Inflammation No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-486312
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hajati, Anna-Kari& Näsström, Karin& Alstergren, Per& Bratt, Johan& Kopp, Sigvard. Temporomandibular Joint Bone Tissue Resorption in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Can Be Predicted by Joint Crepitus and Plasma Glutamate Level. Mediators of Inflammation. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-486312
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-486312