Oral Lichen Planus (OLP) is a common chronic immunological disease the treatment of which remains a challenge for clinicians. Two Cochrane reviews have recently been published regarding the treatment of OLP (Chang et al 2012 and Thongorasom et al 2011 ). The quality of evidence for treatments for OLP is [read the full story...]
This cohort study of 327 oral lichen planus (OLP) patients; 229 women (70.0%) and 98 men (30.0%), was conducted using data from a cohort of caucasian patients from Italy with clinical and pathologic diagnosis of OLP, according to revised and modified World Health Organization diagnostic criteria. Follow-up of the patient [read the full story...]
The aims of the study were to determine how frequently oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) transform to cancer and to identify clinical and histological factors determining the rates of transformation. The study cohort included 1357 patients with biopsy-confirmed OPMDs seen at Guy’s Hospital between 1990 and 1999 and followed up [read the full story...]
The aim of this Cochrane review was to assess the effectiveness and safety of interventions to treat symptomatic, biopsy-proven oral lichen planus (OLP). OLP is a common chronic autoimmune disease associated with cell-mediated immunological dysfunction. The prevalence has been reported as 1.27% and it is more frequently seen in women [read the full story...]
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