Vitiligo associated with lichen planus: Is there a pathogenetic relationship?

Dermatology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 176-178

  Rubisz Brzezinska, J ^a   Buchner S A ^b   Itin, P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lichen planus; Pathogenesis; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, CD3; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; VITILIGO;

EID: 0030044442     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000246353     Document Type: Article

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