Increased levels of calprotectin in the saliva of patients with geographic tongue.

Vegard Garsjö Amal Dafar Mats Jontell Hülya Çevik-Aras John Bratel

Published in: Oral diseases (2020)

This study supports the notion that GT is an inflammatory disease, in which the activation of neutrophils and production of calprotectin in the saliva may play roles in its pathogenesis.

Keyphrases

disease activity
oxidative stress