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Prevalence of Candida species in erosive oral lichen planus.
Author(s) -
Masoumeh Mehdipour,
Ali Taghavi Zenouz,
Somayeh Hekmatfar,
Mohammad Adibpour,
Aila Bahramian,
Reza Khorshidi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2008-2118
pISSN - 2008-210X
DOI - 10.5681/joddd.2010.004
Subject(s) - oral lichen planus , candida albicans , buccal mucosa , tongue , dermatology , lichen , medicine , saliva , corpus albicans , buccal administration , oral mucosa , antifungal , biology , dentistry , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , oral cavity , ecology
The clinical management of oral lichen planus poses considerable difficulties to the clinician. In recent years, researchers have focused on the presence of pathogenic microorganisms such as Candida albicans in the patients with refractory lichen planus. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of candida species in the erosive oral lichen planus lesions.

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