Treatment of refractory erosive oral lichen planus with extracorporeal photochemotherapy: 12 Cases

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 553-556

  Guyot, A D ^a   Farhi, D ^a   Ingen Housz Oro, S ^a   Bussel, A ^a   Parquet, N ^a   Rabian, C ^a   Bachelez, H ^a   Frances C ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal photochemotherapy; Oral erosive lichen planus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LICHEN PLANUS; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPHERESIS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847003985     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07647.x     Document Type: Article

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