Lichen planus and cicatrizing conjunctivitis: Characterization of five cases

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-243

  Thorne, Jennifer E ^a,b   Jabs, Douglas A ^a,b   Nikolskaia, Olga V ^a   Mimouni, Daniel ^a   Anhalt, Grant J ^a   Nousari, H Carlos ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GINGIVA; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LAMINA PROPRIA; LICHEN PLANUS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUTH MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

EID: 0042349421     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(03)00147-8     Document Type: Article

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