High frequency of genital involvement in lichen planus: a cross sectional study
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Background: Lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory disease ofunknown etiology that may involve mucocutaneous tissues. Themain aim of our study was to evaluate the frequency of oral andgenital lichen planus in men and women affected by skin lesions.Method: A total of 132 patients with clinical and histopathologicaldiagnosis of lichen planus were evaluated for oral and genitalinvolvement. All data was analyzed by SPSS version 19. Chisquare test and t-test were used for statistical analysis.Result: Of 132 patients enrolled in this study, 72 were men and60 were women. Genital and oral lichen planus
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Concurrent oral and genital involvement in lichen planus.
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عنوان ژورنال
دوره 17 شماره 4
صفحات 130- 133
تاریخ انتشار 2014-10-01
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