Comparative effect of tacrolimus 0.1% ointment and clobetasol 0.05% ointment in patients with oral lichen planus

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 244-249

  Corrocher, Giovanni ^a   Di Lorenzo, Gabriele ^b   Martinelli, Nicola ^a   Mansueto, Pasquale ^b   Biasi, Domenico ^a   Nocini, Pier Francesco ^a   Lombardo, Giorgio ^a   Fior, Andrea ^a   Corrocher, Roberto ^a   Bambara, Lisa Maria ^a   Gelio, Stefano ^a   Pacor, Maria Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clobetasol; Oral lichen planus; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CLOBETASOL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; OINTMENT BASE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CLOBETASOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; OINTMENT BASES; SALIVA; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 38849170500     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2007.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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