Lichen planus in the oesophagus: Are we missing something?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1043-1045

  Shenfine, Jon ^a   Preston, Shaun R ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Leazes Wing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Lichen planus; Oesophagus; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CHROMOENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LICHENS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; OESOPHAGEAL LICHEN PLANUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 33748609725     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.meg.0000236870.01151.c2     Document Type: Review

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