The alterations of whole saliva constituents in patients with diabetes mellitus.

The present study was undertaken in order to determine the possible alterations in whole saliva and the periodontal status in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), and was conducted on 17 patients with DM and 17 systemically and periodontally healthy subjects. When the subjects were evaluated clinically, significantly increased probing depths were noticed in the DM group when compared with the healthy subjects. In whole saliva samples, sodium, potassium, total protein, amylase, thiocyanate, and secretory IgA levels were determined in both groups.

Familial Behçet's disease.

Objectives: To highlight the frequency, clinical features and histocompatibility antigen types of the familial form of Behçet's disease.

Methods: Twenty-seven cases with familial Behçet's disease in 12 families were evaluated according to clinical features, sites of involvement, HLA-A and HLA-B typing. A review of the literature is presented.

Clinical and immunological characteristics of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and periodontal disease.

Various clinical and immunological parameters were determined in patients with RA and patients with adult periodontitis. There were no significant differences between the two groups with regard to the number of missing teeth, although pocket depths and gingival inflammation scores were significantly increased in the periodontitis group (p less than 0.05).

IgG subclass deficiency in children with recurrent infections.

IgG subclass levels were studied in 12 children, aged between 2.5-12 years with recurrent respiratory tract infections. They did not have low IgG levels or IgA deficiency.