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ArticleAnais brasileiros de dermatologia2018

Recurrent aphthous ulceration: an epidemiological study of etiological factors, treatment and differential diagnosis.

Salomão Israel Monteiro Lourenço Queiroz, Marcus Vinícius Amarante da Silva, Ana Miryam Costa de Medeiros, Patrícia Teixeira de Oliveira, Bruno Cesar de Vasconcelos Gurgel, Éricka Janine Dantas da Silveira

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Article in Anais brasileiros de dermatologia, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Salomão Israel Monteiro Lourenço QueirozOral Pathology Post-Graduation Program, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.
Marcus Vinícius Amarante da SilvaOdontology Department, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.
Ana Miryam Costa de MedeirosOral Pathology Post-Graduation Program, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.
Patrícia Teixeira de OliveiraOral Pathology Post-Graduation Program, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.
Bruno Cesar de Vasconcelos GurgelOral Pathology Post-Graduation Program, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.
Éricka Janine Dantas da SilveiraOral Pathology Post-Graduation Program, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecurrent aphthous ulcerations are common benign ulcerated lesions on the mouth, whose etiology is poorly understood, with controversial treatment and difficult to control in clinical practice.

objectiveTo evaluate the cases of recurrent aphthous ulcerations with a focus on treatment, diagnosis and etiology.

methodsThis is a retrospective study of the cases of the Oral Diagnosis service of the Rio Grande do Norte Federal University in Natal/RN. Data such as sex, age, race, location, smoking habits, types of treatment, relapsing episodes, laboratory test results and clinical characteristics were collected. The associations between the variables were analyzed using the Pearson Chi-square test (p <0.05).

resultsA total of 4895 patients were seen in the service over a period of 11 years. Of these, 161 (3.3%) had complaints of oral aphthous ulcerations, of which 76 (47.2%) were diagnosed as suffering from recurrent aphthous ulcerations and 68 (42.2%) with clinical information necessary for evaluation. The tongue was the most affected anatomical region, with 27 individuals (39.7%), followed by the buccal mucosa, with 22 cases (32.3%). STUDY LIMITATIONS: Retrospective study with data from medical records.

conclusionDental surgeons, dermatologists and otorhinolaryngologists are the main responsible for the first contact with patients with this disease and should be attentive to the clinical aspects and treat each patient in an individualized way, since the therapy is palliative, its diagnosis is by exclusion and its etiology is unknown.

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AdultBrazilDeficiency DiseasesDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansMalePrevalenceRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesSmokingStomatitis, Aphthous

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PMID29924245
PMCPMC6001102
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