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Filaggrin gene mutations and the distribution of filaggrin in oral mucosa of patients with oral lichen planus and healthy controls.
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV - 1 May 2017
Larsen K R, Johansen J D, Reibel J, Zachariae C, Rosing K, Pedersen A M L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lichen planus (LP) is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown aetiology affecting the skin and oral mucosa. Oral lichenoid lesions (OLLs), like oral contact reactions, may resemble oral lichen planus (OLP) both clinically and histopathologically. As OLP and OLL are hyperkeratotic diseases and filaggrin is essential to keratinization, the distribution of filaggrin may be altered in these lesions....
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