Mucosal lichen planus, a systemic disease requiring multidisciplinary care: A cross-sectional clinical review from a multidisciplinary perspective

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 377-380

  Ebrahimi, Majid ^a   Lundqvist, Lotta ^a   Wahlin, Ylva Britt ^a   Nylander, Elisabet ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

mucosal lichen planus; multidisciplinary

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSAL LICHEN PLANUS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867572810     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: 15260976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e318247a907     Document Type: Review

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