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Review
. 2020 Aug 4;192(31):E892.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.200309.

Oral lichen planus

Amr F Hamour  1 , Hagen Klieb  1 , Antoine Eskander  2
Affiliations
Review

Oral lichen planus

Amr F Hamour et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Antoine Eskander reports receiving research funds from Merck and consulting fees from Bristol Myers Squibb in 2019. No other competing interests were declared.

Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Classic keratotic reticular striae of the buccal mucosa in reticular-form oral lichen planus. Note that this pattern is often bilateral and symmetric.
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