Topical retinoids in oral lichen planus treatment: An overview

Dermatology

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-67

  Petruzzi, Massimo ^a   Lucchese, Alberta ^b   Lajolo, Carlo ^c   Campus, Guglielmo ^d   Lauritano, Dorina ^e   Serpico, Rosario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Oral lichen; Retinoids; Topical; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FENRETINIDE; ISOTRETINOIN; RETINAL; RETINOID; TAZAROTENE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL;

BURNING SENSATION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DESQUAMATION; DRUG SAFETY; EMBASE; ERYTHEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; ORAL LICHEN PLANUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASTE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; LIP DISEASE; LIP SCALING; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; TOPICAL TREATMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETINOIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878011416     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346750     Document Type: Review

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