A scoring system for mucosal disease severity with special reference to oral lichen planus

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 765-770

  Escudier, M ^a   Ahmed, N ^a   Shirlaw, P ^a   Setterfield, J ^a,b   Tappuni, A ^a   Black, M M ^b   Challacombe, S J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Lichen planus; Mucosal disease; Oral ulceration; Severity

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; MUCOSAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TONGUE DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548570380     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08106.x     Document Type: Article

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