INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, cilt.55, sa.3, 2016 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
BackgroundRecurrent aphthous stomatitis is an idiopathic, chronic, recurrent inflammatory disease of the oral mucosa. It is thought that oxidative stress caused by systemic inflammation plays a basic role in the etiopathogenesis of recurrent aphthous stomatitis. The aim of this study is to review oxidative status and DNA damage in recurrent aphthous stomatitis.