RELATION BETWEEN INTRAARTICULAR TEMPERATURE OF THE ARTHRITIC TEMPOROMANDIBULAR-JOINT AND PRESENCE OF CALCITONIN-GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE IN THEJOINT FLUID - A CLINICAL-STUDY
A. Appelgren et al., RELATION BETWEEN INTRAARTICULAR TEMPERATURE OF THE ARTHRITIC TEMPOROMANDIBULAR-JOINT AND PRESENCE OF CALCITONIN-GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE IN THEJOINT FLUID - A CLINICAL-STUDY, Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, 51(5), 1993, pp. 285-291
Arthritic temporomandibular joints were investigated for intra-articul
ar temperature and joint fluid content of calcitonin gene-related pept
ide. Eleven patients (16 joints) with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing
spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, or chronic unspecific polyarthritis
or monarthritis participated in the study. The intra-articular temper
ature varied between 35.5 and 37.5-degrees-C, with a mean of 36.5-degr
ees-C. The concentration of calcitonin gene-related peptide varied bet
ween 7.5 and 749.0 pmol/l, with a mean of 108.6 pmol/l. There was a po
sitive correlation between the intra-articular temperature and the joi
nt fluid concentration of calcitonin gene-related peptide. The plasma
level of the peptide was on an average 5% of the joint fluid level.