Clinical management of oral lichen planus

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 338-343

  McCreary, C E ^a   McCartan, B E ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; FENRETINIDE; FLUOCINOLONE ACETONIDE; GRISEOFULVIN; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LEVAMISOLE; METHOXSALEN; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; PSORALEN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; BURN; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LICHEN PLANUS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOUTH DISEASE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 0032750973     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjom.1999.0131     Document Type: Article

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