IRON-CONTAINING ENZYMES OF NEUTROPHILIC LEUKOCYTES IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC CATARRHAL GINGIVITIS IN AGGREGATE WITH IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
In patients with chronic catarrhal gingivitis in aggregate with iron-deficiency anemia the dysfunction of neutrophilic leukocytes was revealed caused by decreased activity of myeloperoxidase and NADPH-oxidase due to a lack of iron in the body.