Comparing Serum and Salivary Levels of Vitamin D in Patients with Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis and Healthy Individuals

• Main Authors: Ayla Bahramian (Author), Parisa Falsafi (Author), Teymour Abbasi (Author), Milad Ghanizadeh (Author), Mehdi Abedini (Author), Fatemeh Kavoosi (Author), Maryam Koohsoltani (Author), Fatemeh Noorbakhsh (Author), Fatemeh Dabbaghi Tabriz (Author), Shahin Rajaeih (Author), Farzad Rezaei (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Statement of the Problem: Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is the most prevalent ulcerative condition of the oral mucosa. Many studies have emphasized on immunologic factors as the reason of inducing RAS; however, the exact etiologic cause of RAS has not been identified yet. Vitamin D has an endo...