Management of symptomatic esophageal involvement with lichen planus

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 915-919

  Wedgeworth, Emma K ^c   Vlavianos, Panagiotis ^a   Groves, Christopher J ^b   Neill, Sallie ^b   Westaby, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balloon dilatation; Dysphagia; Esophageal lichen planus; Esophageal stricture; Intralesional triamcinolone

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; TRIAMCINOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LICHEN PLANUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

BALLOON DILATATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LICHEN PLANUS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 70350682921     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31819db2df     Document Type: Article

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