Does hepcidin play a role in the pathogenesis of aphthae in Behcet's disease and recurrent aphthous stomatitis?


Cicek D., Dagli A. F., Aydin S., Dogan F. B., Dertlioglu S. B., Ucak H., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY, cilt.28, sa.11, ss.1500-1506, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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BackgroundAphthae constitute one of the major signs in Behcet's disease (BD) and recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS). No scientific study has yet explored the relationship of hepcidins, which have antimicrobial effects, with RAS and BD.