Basma Mahmoud Abdelfattah <br/><br/>
The effect of smoking on gingival crevicular fluid cytokine profile (TNF-Ü) in chronic and aggressive periodontitis /  
 تأثير التدخين علي عامل النخر الورمي في السائل الحول لثوي في مرض التهاب النسيج الداعم حول السني المزمن و الشرس 
Basma Mahmoud Abdelfattah ; Supervised Mahmoud Elrefaie , Olfat Shaker , Noha Ghallab 
 - Cairo :   Basma Mahmoud Abdelfattah ,   2011 
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<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department of Oral-Diagnosis 
<br/><br/> Smoking is an important risk factor for the initiation and progression of periodontal diseases. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the influence of the smoking on the level of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-Ü) in the gingival crevicular fluid of patients with chronic and generalized aggressive periodontitis compared to periodontally healthy subjects 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>GCF Smoking TNF-Ü