Serum IL-6 and IL-10 in Early Childhood Caries: A Sibling-Controlled Study in Children Aged 2.5-6 Years.

Diagnostics (Basel) · 2026 · PMC13409718 · PMID 42510073

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Mean corpuscular volume demonstrated a decreasing trend with increasing plaque burden (84.80 [81.40–86.30] vs. 83.65 [80.72–85.45] vs. 82.00 [78.75–84.35] fL), although the difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.052).

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