Oesophageal lichen planus: A missed diagnosis

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 318-320

  Mohammed, Abdul R ^a,b   Sherwood, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESOMEPRAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG TOLERANCE; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; ODYNOPHAGIA; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33745759763     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.99.6.318     Document Type: Short Survey

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