Background: Lower serum vitamin D levels, a major public health problem worldwide, has been found to be associated with various infectious diseases, cancers, autoimmune and dermatological diseases.

Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is an extensively studied oral mucosal disorder typified by painful, recurrent ulcerations predominantly affecting the non-keratinised mucosa. Contemporary research ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) April 16 Pentoxifylline therapy provides only limited efficacy against recurrent aphthous stomatitis and should not be considered a first-line agent, new research indicates.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 29 - A minority of patients with recurrent mouth sores (aphthous stomatitis) have gluten-sensitive enteropathy, making evaluation for celiac disease appropriate in this ...

This cross-sectional study complied with the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethical Committee of Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey. Written informed consent was ...