TY - BOOK AU - Heba Mohamed Tawfik Abdelfattah AU - Olfat Gamal Shaker , AU - Shahira Gamal Elashiry , TI - Gingival crevicular fluid level of receptor activator nuclear factor - kappa - B ligand (RANKL) in insulin dependant diabetes mellitus patients / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Heba Mohamed Tawfik Abdelfattah , KW - Bleeding on probing KW - Bone mineral density KW - Diabetes mellitus N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department of Oral (Diagnosis); Issued also as CD N2 - RANKL is a key mediator in the process of osteoclast formation . This membrane - bound protein is a member of the tumor necrosis factor super - family , the purpose of the present study was to assess the level of (RANKL) in samples of gingival crevicular fluid in insulin dependent diabetes mellitus Patient suffering from chronic periodontitis and to compare it with chronic periodontitis patients and healthy controls UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -