Abstract:Aim
Vitamin D plays an important role in immune system regulation, also its deficiency is assumed to affect the patients’ predisposition to viral diseases such as recurrent herpes labialis. In this cross-sectional study, we tried to compare the mean serum level of vitamin D in participants with a positive history of recurrent herpes labial lesions and healthy controls.
Materials and methods
The vitamin D serum level of 43 participants with a positi… Show more
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