Cyclosporine in the management of esophageal lichen planus

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 686-688

  Chaklader, Mohsina ^a   Morris Larkin, C ^a   Gulliver, W ^a   McGrath, J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Civatte bodies; Cyclosporine; Dysphagia; Esophagus; Lichen planus; Squamous cell cancer

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; ESOMEPRAZOLE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CYCLOSPORINE; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LICHEN PLANUS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70449729922     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/802075     Document Type: Article

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