Anemia and hematinic deficiencies in anti-gastric parietal cell antibody-positive or all autoantibodies-negative recurrent aphthous stomatitis patients

Approximately 13% of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) patients have serum anti-gastric parietal cell antibody (GPCA) positivity. This study assessed whether serum GPCA or RAS itself was a significant factor causing hematinic deficiencies and anemia statuses in GPCA-positive RAS (GPCA+/RAS) and al...

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Main Authors: Hung-Pin Lin, Yu-Hsueh Wu, Yi-Ping Wang, Yang-Che Wu, Julia Yu-Fong Chang, Andy Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-02-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664616302686