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The effects of experimental skin damage in patients with lichen planus
Author(s) -
STANKLER L.,
EWEN S.W.B.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1974.tb06358.x
Subject(s) - concomitant , dermatology , etiology , methylprednisolone , medicine , lichen , pathology , biology , botany
SUMMARY Experimental scratching induced phloxinophilic eosinophilic bodies in unaffected skin of ten patients with active lichen planus. This reaction was inhibited by concomitant local injection of methylprednisolone acetate and could not be induced in patients with inactive lichen planus, in patients with other dermatoses, nor in healthy subjects. The findings are consistent with a viral aetiology for lichen planus.