RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hematologic status in patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis in Jordan
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 381
OP 384
VO 27
IS 3
A1 Samar Z. Burgan
A1 Faleh A. Sawair
A1 Zouhair O. Amarin
YR 2006
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/27/3/381.abstract
AB OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of hematinic deficiencies in patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis.METHODS: The study took place in the Oral Medicine Clinic of the Jordan University Hospital in Amman, Jordan, between January 1993 and December 2000. We studied the hemoglobin, serum ferritin, vitamin B12 and folate levels in 143 patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis. We compared the results with a control group of 143 age- and gender-matched patients with a range of other oral diseases.RESULTS: In recurrent aphthous stomatitis patients, 14% were anemic and 37.8% showed hematinic deficiencies; 16.8% showed low serum ferritin; 26.6% showed low serum vitamin B12 and 4.9% showed low serum folate. In the control group, 10.5% were anemic and 18.2% showed hematinic deficiencies; 9.8% showed low serum ferritin; 12.6% showed low serum vitamin B12 and none showed serum folate deficiency.CONCLUSION: Patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis have more hematinic deficiencies, particularly vitamin B12 deficiency, compared with controls. Correction of these hematinic deficiencies could help in the management of the disease.