introduction: the aim of this study was to evaluate the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (nlr), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (plr), and mean platelet volume (mpv) in patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ras).   materials and methods: eighty patients who were diagnosed with ras between january 2014 and january 2016 were included in this study. eighty age- and gender-matched healthy subject...

background : â  celiac disease (cd) is an immune-mediated inflammation of the small intestine caused by sensitivity to dietary gluten and related proteins in genetically sensitive individuals . recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ras) is an inflammatory condition characterized by painful recurrent, single or multiple ulcerations of the oral mucosa. the association between cd and ras has been evaluat...

IN ANCIENT times, lesions of the mucosal surfaces of the oral cavity were recognized as common afflictions of children. Hippocrates (460-370 BC) referred to such lesions, calling them 'aphthae'. Over the centuries, successive clinicians have described in greater detail some of the different conditions originally included in the term-thrush, diphtheria, cancrum oris-and today the word is used to...

background: anxiety-related traits have been attributed to sequence variability in the genes coding for serotonin transmission in the brain. two alleles, termed long (l) and short (s) differing by 44 base pairs, are found in a polymorphism identified in the promoter region of serotonin transporter gene. the presence of the short allele and ss and ls genotypes is found to be associated with the ...