Number V. Oral lichen planus: Clinical features and management

Oral Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 338-349

  Eisen, Drore ^a   Carrozzo, M ^b   Sebastian, J V Bagan ^c   Thongprasom, K ^d  

^a Dermatology Research Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Lichen planus; Oral; Skin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CLOBETASOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; ENOXAPARIN; ETRETIN; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; GRISEOFULVIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LEVAMISOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; PSORALEN; RETINOIC ACID; TACROLIMUS; THALIDOMIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BURN; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPLASIA; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MOUTH DISEASE; ORAL BIOPSY; PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGUS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 28444474150     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2005.01142.x     Document Type: Review

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