The autoimmune background in lichen planus
- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 115 (2) , 199-203
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1986.tb05718.x
Abstract
Fifty-four patients with lichen planus (LP) and 54 age- and sex-matched controls were studied. No increase in the incidence of autoimmune disease was found in the patients with LP or their relatives. There was no increase in the frequency of autoantibodies in the LP group and serum immunoglobulin levels were not altered significantly. In the majority of cases, LP is not part of a generalized autoimmune disturbance.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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