Real-life experience of managing vulval erosive lichen planus: A case-based review and U.K. multicentre case note audit

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-91

  Simpson, Rosalind C ^a   Littlewood, S M ^b   Cooper, S M ^c   Cruickshank, M E ^d   Green, C M ^e   Derrick, E ^f   Yell, J ^g   Chiang, N ^g   Bell, H ^h   Owen, C ⁱ   Javed, A ⁱ   Wilson, C L ^j   McLelland, J ^k   Murphy, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UK   (United Kingdom)

^g SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^k ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; EFALIZUMAB; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETRETIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMIPRAMINE; ISOTRETINOIN; LIDOCAINE; METHOTREXATE; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THALIDOMIDE; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DERMATOLOGIST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOOD DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL BIOPSY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN IRRITATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LICHEN PLANUS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; STEROIDS; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 84863329608     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.10919.x     Document Type: Article

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