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Review
. 2006 Oct;55(4):557-72; quiz 573-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.07.058.

Pityriasis lichenoides and its subtypes

Sacharitha Bowers  1 , Erin M Warshaw
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Pityriasis lichenoides and its subtypes

Sacharitha Bowers et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2006 Oct.

Abstract

Pityriasis lichenoides represents a unique group of inflammatory skin disorders that include pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA), febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease (a subtype of PLEVA), and pityriasis lichenoides chronica. The history, epidemiology, clinical features, pathophysiology, and treatment of this group of conditions are reviewed in this manuscript.

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