DeCS

Descriptor English:

Gingival Crevicular Fluid

Descriptor Spanish:

Líquido del Surco Gingival

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	líquido del surco gingival
Entry term(s)	exudado gingival líquido crevicular gingival
Scope note:	Líquido que se produce en pequeñas cantidades en el surco gingival, que algunos autores creen que es un exudado inflamatorio y otros piensan que elimina los materiales del surco; contiene proteínas plasmáticas pegajosas que mejoran la adhesión epitelial, tiene propiedades antimicrobianas, y ejerce actividad como anticuerpo. (Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Líquido do Sulco Gengival

Descriptor French:

Exsudat gingival

Tree number(s):

A12.383.500

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005883

Scope note:

A fluid occurring in minute amounts in the gingival crevice, believed by some authorities to be an inflammatory exudate and by others to cleanse material from the crevice, containing sticky plasma proteins which improve adhesions of the epithelial attachment, have antimicrobial properties, and exert antibody activity. (From Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982)

Annotation:

note X ref; crevicular refers to the gingival crevice

Allowable Qualifiers:

CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EN enzymologie
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

29246

Unique ID:

D005883

NLM Classification:

WU 240

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Date Established:

1991/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01