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Abstract
A chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease usually affecting the female genitalia (VULVAR LICHEN SCLEROSUS) and BALANITIS XEROTICA OBLITERANS in males. It is also called white spot disease and Csillag's disease.
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- Lichen Sclerosis
- Lichen Sclerosis et Atrophicus
- Lichen Sclerosus
- Lichen Scleroses
- Scleroses, Lichen
- Sclerosis, Lichen
- Sclerosus, Lichen
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with lichen planus atrophicus (index LICHEN PLANUS)
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History Note
1995
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Previous Indexing
- Lichenoid Eruptions (1993-1994)
- Skin Diseases (1966-1992)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018459. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018459
- Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen_sclerosus
- Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1641400