Effectiveness of Vitamin B12 on Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis in long term care: a Systematic Review

Autor: Ruo-Ping, Han, Yueh-Juen, Hwu, Niang-Huei, Peng, Kai-Yu, Tseng, Lee-Wen, Pai, Shu Chin, Chiu
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: JBI Library of Systematic Reviews. 8:1-15
ISSN: 1838-2142
DOI: 10.11124/jbisrir-2010-698
Popis: REVIEW QUESTION(S)/OBJECTIVES: The review objective is to synthesize the best available evidence on the effectiveness of daily orally taken vitamin B12 on the incidence, duration or severity of Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis RAS Inclusion criteria: Types of Participants: Adults over 18 years old with Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis RAS of either gender who are in long term care. Types of Interventions: daily orally taken vitamin B12 Types of Outcome measures: The outcome measures will include: (1) Incidence of RAS expressed as the proportion of participants experiencing one ormore Aphthous ulcers or expressed as number and size of the ulcer during the study period (2) Duration of RAS episodes expressed as the average number of days of RASepisodes. (3) Severity of these RAS episodes
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