Prompt healing of erosive oral lichen planus lesion after combined corticosteroid treatment with locally injected triamcinolone acetonide plus oral prednisolone

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 216-220

  Kuo, Ru Cheng ^a   Lin, Hung Pin ^b   Sun, Andy ^a,b   Wang, Yi Ping ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Erosive oral lichen planus; Local corticosteroid injection; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DEXALTIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FOLIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 84875600186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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