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Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 2011 O líquen plano da mucosa oral (LPO) é afecção relativamente comum, que pode aparecer isolado ou associado ao líquen plano cutâneo, havendo, no entanto, significantes diferenças clínicoevolutivas: o LPO tende a ser crônico, recidivante e de difícil ...
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Evaluation of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Oral Lichen Planus Using Immunohistochemistry [PDF]
Journal of Mashhad Dental School, 2021 Introduction: Lichen planus is a relatively common chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. The World Health Organization has identified lichen planus as a potential precancerous lesion.
Shadi Saghafi Khadem +2 more
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Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 2012 Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a relatively common mucosal disease that can present isolated or associated with cutaneous lichen planus. Contrarily to its cutaneous counterpart, though, OLP tends to be chronic, relapsing, and difficult to treat. Severe morbidity is related to erosive forms, and more aggressive presentations have been described, such as ...
Marcello Menta Simonsen, Nico +2 more
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Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2020 Lichen planus is an immune-mediated inflammatory condition leading to characteristic lesions on skin and mucous membranes. It presents in up to 5% of the general adult population with a female predilection (2:1); the onset is most commonly in middle age.[1][1],[2][2] Up to 77% of patients ...
Amr F, Hamour +2 more
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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America, 2013 Oral lichen planus is a common immunologically mediated mucocutaneous disease. These lesions have varied clinical presentations and symptoms, which include reticular, erosive, or erythematous forms. This article reviews the diagnosis and management of oral lichen planus.
Justin, Au +2 more
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Elevated Serum Interleukin-23 Levels in Patients with Oral and Cutaneous Lichen Planus
Mediators of Inflammation, 2021 Lichen planus is considered a chronic inflammatory disease which affects different sites, such as the skin, mucous membranes, hair, and nails. Based on the evidence, a complex cytokine network plays a crucial role in lichen planus pathogenesis. The study
Maryam Mardani +4 more
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Pan African Medical Journal, 2021 Plethora of clinical forms exists in oral lichen planus (OLP), a common autoimmune disease involving mucous membrane. The commonest forms described in the literature are reticular, atropic, papular, bullous, plaque and erosive. The erosive type being the second most common, is a premalignant condition owing to its aggressiveness.
Pragadeesh Palaniappan +1 more
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Increased salivary aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 in non-reticular oral lichen planus [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2017 : Background: Oral lichen planus is a potentially malignant disorder. One of the malignant transformation markers is cancer stem cells. One of the proposed marker for the detection of cancer stem cells's in head and neck cancer is aldehyde dehydrogenase.
Arash Mansourian +3 more
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Prevalence of oral lichen planus among a sample of the Egyptian population [PDF]
, 2015 Objectives: To report on the prevalence of oral lichen planus among a sample of the Egyptian population. Study Design: 4470 Egyptian patients, aged 15-75 years, were seen at the outpatient clinic at the Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo ...
Ahmed, Enji, Mostafa, Basma
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Reticular Oral Lichen Planus [PDF]
Head and Neck Pathology, 2018 Reticular oral lichen planus is a common clinical finding, often found incidentally on routine oral examination. Patients rarely complain of symptoms and the condition does not require treatment, as a result, biopsies and ancillary laboratory evaluation are seldom performed.
Teresa Cox +2 more
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