Case Report
MANAGEMENT OF ATROPHIC-EROSIVE GINGIVAL LICHEN PLANUS WITH TOPICAL AND SYSTEMIC CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY, A CASE REPORT
Shanaz Mohammad Gaphor * and Mustafa Jamel Abdullah **
* Oral Medicine Clinic, School of Dentistry, University of Sulaimani.
** Oral Medicine Clinic, school of dentistry, University of Sulaimani.
Submitted: 17/7/2012; Accepted: 8/2/2013; Published 1/6/2013
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
Lichen planus, Corticosteroid, Prednisolone.
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