Lichen planus

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 723-732

  Le Cleach, Laurence ^a,c   Chosidow, Olivier ^a,b,c  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROTINOID; BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETRETIN; FLUOCINONIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE BUTYRATE; ISOTRETINOIN; PIMECROLIMUS; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PSORALEN; RETINOIC ACID; TACROLIMUS; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; RETINOID;

ADULT; ALOE VERA; ANOGENITAL LICHEN PLANUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CUTANEOUS LICHEN PLANUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LICHEN PLANUS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH EXAMINATION; NAIL LICHEN PLANUS; ORAL LICHEN PLANUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAPULE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLAQUELIKE LICHEN PLANUS; POLYGONAL PAPULE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; SCALP LICHEN PLANUS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETINOIDS;

EID: 84857378053     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp1103641     Document Type: Article

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