A case series of 46 patients with lichen planopilaris: Demographics, clinical evaluation, and treatment experience

Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 275-279

  Lyakhovitsky, A ^a   Amichai, B ^a,b   Sizopoulou, C ^a   Barzilai, A ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clinical evaluation; Lichen planopilaris; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; ETRETIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; ISOTRETINOIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; MINOCYCLINE; PIMECROLIMUS; RETINOID; TACROLIMUS; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RASH; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LICHEN PLANOPILARIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCALP PRURITUS; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEAKNESS; XEROSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR; LICHEN (ORGANISM); LICHEN PLANUS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP DERMATOSES; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HAIR; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHENS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP DERMATOSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937833525     PISSN: 09546634     EISSN: 14711753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09546634.2014.933165     Document Type: Article

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