A comparative pilot study of low intensity laser versus topical corticosteroids in the treatment of erosive-atrophic oral lichen planus

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 421-425

  Jajarm, Hasan Hoseinpour ^a   Falaki, Farnaz ^a   Mahdavi, Omid ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Faculty of Dentistry   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; CONTROL GROUPS; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; LOW INTENSITY LASER THERAPIES; LOW-INTENSITY LASERS; PILOT STUDIES; RESPONSE RATE; TREATMENT GROUP; VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE;

DRUG PRODUCTS; PATIENT MONITORING; SURVEYS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MOUTHWASH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ATROPHY; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MOUTHWASHES; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 79958728716     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2010.2876     Document Type: Article

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