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Anemia, hematinic deficiencies, and gastric parietal cell antibody positivity in recurrent aphthous stomatitis patients with or without hyperhomocysteinemia.

Journal of dental sciences · Wang YP, Wu YH, Lee YP, Chang JY, Sun A, Chiang CP · 2026-10-01

Researchers compared 42 recurrent aphthous stomatitis patients with elevated homocysteine levels to those without and healthy controls, finding significantly higher rates of anemia, vitamin B12 deficiency, and gastric parietal cell antibody positivity in the elevated homocysteine group.

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