Hossam Mohamed Attia Horia

Estimation of plasma and salivary superoxide dismutase antioxidant levels in patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis / دراسة المستوى البلازمى واللعابى لمضاد الأكسدة سوبر أوكسيد ديسميوتيز لمرضى القرح القلاعية Hossam Mohamed Attia Horia ; Supervised Soheir Mohamed Gaafar , Azza Ezz Elarab , Olfat Gamel Shaker - Cairo : Hossam Mohamed Attia Horia , 2010 - 105 Leaves : charts , facsimiles ; 30cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department of Oral-Diagnosis

Recurrent aphthous ulceration ( RAU ) is the most common oral ulcerative condition affecting 5 - 25 % of the general population . Despite plenty of research , the cause of recurrent aphthous stomatitis ( RAU ) remains obscure . It has been proposed that , the aetiological factors such as local trauma , vitamin deficiencies and viral infections lead to aphthae formation via final common pathway based on increased oxidative stress



Antioxidants Recurrent aphthous stomatitis Superoxide dismutase