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The initial search yielded 1195 citations. After
accounting for duplicates, 790
unique citations remained. Upon reviewing titles and abstracts, 772 studies were
excluded as they did not meet the specified criteria. The full text of the remaining
18 citations underwent a more detailed examination, revealing that 13
studies
did not align with the inclusion criteria. Consequently, five studies that met the
criteria were included in the systematic review.
Further exploration of the
references in relevant papers and citation searches did not yield additional
studies meeting the inclusion criteria.
Additionally, no unpublished relevant
studies were obtained.
Study characteristics
Characteristics of the included studies have been
summarized in Table
1
.
Given the absence of comparable therapies reported in the included literature,
a narrative review was conducted.
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All the studies included in the review focused on
patients experiencing the
initial clinical presentation of herpetic gingivostomatitis. Among these, three
studies (1, 2, and 3) specifically targeted pediatric subjects aged 8 months to 12
years, while the remaining two studies (4 and 5) included adolescents aged 12 to
18 years.
Notably, all the studies were conducted in hospital
or university hospital
settings, spanning across five different countries.