[A comparative study of the functional activity of the peripheral blood lymphocytes in pregnant women with various forms of periodontal disease]. / Sravnitel'noe izuchenie funktsional'noi aktivnosti limfotsitov perifericheskoi krovi beremennykh zhenshchin s raznymi formami zabolevaniia parodonta.

Immunoregulatory cell activities were examined in 40 pregnant women suffering from various periodontitis forms. The results evidence that excessive activation of T-lymphocytes and T-helpers may contribute to the pathogenesis of this condition. The data permit using T-lymphocyte functional activity assessment in the diagnosis and prediction of the course of periodontitis.