Etiopathogenesis of recurrent aphthous stomatitis and the role of immunologic aspects: Literature review

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 205-215

  Ślebioda, Zuzanna ^a   Szponar, Elzbieta ^a   Kowalska, Anna ^a,b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Etiopathogenesis; Immunologic factors; Recurrent aphthous stomatitis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FOOD ALLERGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INJURY; MINERAL DEFICIENCY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; REVIEW; STRESS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; COMORBIDITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS;

ANIMALS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; RECURRENCE; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS;

EID: 84901614225     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-013-0261-y     Document Type: Review

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