The period prevalence of oral lichen planus in a cohort of patients with vulvar lichen sclerosus

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-21

  Saunders, H ^a,b   Buchanan, J A G ^c   Cooper, S ^a   Hollowood, K ^d   Sherman, V ^a   Wojnarowska, F ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oral lichen planus; Vulvar lichen sclerosus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH LICHEN PLANUS; ORAL BIOPSY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 71949086422     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03338.x     Document Type: Article

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