Cyanocobalamin may be beneficial in the treatment of recurrent aphthous ulcers even when vitamin B12 levels are normal

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 336, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 379-382

  Gulcan, Erim ^a   Toker, Serdar ^a   Hatipoǧlu, Hasan ^a   Gulcan, Aynur ^b   Toker, Aysun ^c  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kutahya Evliya Celebi State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Kutahya Yoncali FTR Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cobalamin levels; Cyanocobalamin treatment; Recurrent aphthous ulcers

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGED; APHTHOUS ULCER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFICACY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MUCOSA; POPULATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN PROTECTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCER HEALING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 58149180784     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31816a05f2     Document Type: Article

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