The clinical manifestations and treatment of oral lichen planus

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-89

  Eisen, Drore ^a  

^a Dermatology Associates of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AROTINOID; AZATHIOPRINE; CLOBETASOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; ETRETIN; ETRETINATE; FLUOCINONIDE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THALIDOMIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ATROPHY; CANCER RISK; CANDIDIASIS; CHEILITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY SKIN; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHENOID; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOUTH LICHEN PLANUS; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTHWASH; ONSET AGE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 0037287564     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8635(02)00067-0     Document Type: Review

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