Efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil in severe mucocutaneous lichen planus: A retrospective review of 10 patients

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-43

  Wee, J S ^a   Shirlaw, P J ^b   Challacombe, S J ^b   Setterfield, Jane F ^a,b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MERCAPTOPURINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; THALIDOMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LICHEN PLANUS; PENOGINGIVAL LECHIN PLANUS; PENOGINGIVAL LICHEN PLANUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALCITRANT ULCERATIVE ORAL LICHEN PLANUS; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVOVAGINAL GINGIVAL LICHEN PLANUS; VULVOVAGINALGINGIVAL LICHEN PLANUS; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863332852     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.10882.x     Document Type: Article

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