Efficacy of oral metronidazole in treatment of cutaneous and mucosal lichen planus

Authors :: Rasi, Abbas
Behzadi, Ashkan Heshmatzade
Davoudi, Siamak
Rafizadeh, Parviz
Honarbakhsh, Yasamin
Mehran, Mahsa
Piran, Pirouz
Dehghan, Nasir
Source :: Journal of Drugs in Dermatology. Oct, 2010, Vol. 9 Issue 10, p1186, 5 p.
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: ABSTRACT Introduction: Response to different antimicrobial agents supports the infection hypothesis for lichen planus (LP). There are individual case reports describing the improvement of LP with oral metronidazole treatment in [...]

Subjects :: Lichen planus -- Research
Lichen planus -- Care and treatment
Lichen planus -- Drug therapy
Metronidazole -- Health aspects
Metronidazole -- Dosage and administration
Metronidazole -- Research
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