JOURNAL OF PERIODONTAL RESEARCH, vol.52, no.3, pp.574-581, 2017 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
Background and ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of nonsurgical periodontal therapy on clinical parameters and gingival crevicular fluid levels of tissue/blood vessel-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (PAI-2) in patients with periodontitis, with or without rheumatoid arthritis (RA).