Oral lichen planus is a difficult and distressing condition. It produces painful plaques throughout the oral cavity. No-one knows the cause.
A new paper from Hungary finds abnormal nerves and upregulation of TRPV-1 in biopsied from these plaques. The question arises as to where these nerves come from ? Sources of primary denervation in the oral cavity may be many and varied though the authors did not provide candidates.
Oral lichen planus is a candidate for a Western disease. Does the same apply to vulval lichen planus ?
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There was an interesting study from a French group in the on-line version
of Fertility and Sterility this week. The researchers compared the
clinical reco...
Lichen planus is a very curious skin condition, the effects of which are located in the areas of involvement. This is going good information.
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