Oral Lichen Planus and Hepatitis C virus Infection: an Epidemiological Study of 149 Cases

The objective of this investigation was to assess the prevalence of oral lichen planus (OLP) in Moroccan patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) from the Hepatology service of Ibn Sina University hospital of Rabat. The study group consisted of 149 patients with HCV infection. All patients wit...

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Autores principales:	Hakkou,Fouzia, Chbicheb,Saliha, Essaid,Elfaydi, El Wady,Wafae
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad de La Frontera. Facultad de Medicina 2012
Materias:	lichen planus oral HCV hepatitis C
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-381X20120002000082012-11-09Oral Lichen Planus and Hepatitis C virus Infection: an Epidemiological Study of 149 CasesHakkou,FouziaChbicheb,SalihaEssaid,ElfaydiEl Wady,Wafae lichen planus oral HCV hepatitis C The objective of this investigation was to assess the prevalence of oral lichen planus (OLP) in Moroccan patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) from the Hepatology service of Ibn Sina University hospital of Rabat. The study group consisted of 149 patients with HCV infection. All patients with clinical features of OLP were submitted to the service of oral surgery for confirmation. Among the 149 HCV-infected patients of the study group, 35 patients had OLP which represents a prevalence of 23.5%. Two out of these 35 patients with OLP-HCV association had cutaneous lichen planus (CLP) as well. Our findings indicate that there is a significant association between OLP and HCV infection especially for reticular and erosive types of OLP.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de La Frontera. Facultad de MedicinaInternational journal of odontostomatology v.6 n.2 20122012-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-381X2012000200008en10.4067/S0718-381X2012000200008
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spellingShingle	lichen planus oral HCV hepatitis C Hakkou,Fouzia Chbicheb,Saliha Essaid,Elfaydi El Wady,Wafae Oral Lichen Planus and Hepatitis C virus Infection: an Epidemiological Study of 149 Cases
description	The objective of this investigation was to assess the prevalence of oral lichen planus (OLP) in Moroccan patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) from the Hepatology service of Ibn Sina University hospital of Rabat. The study group consisted of 149 patients with HCV infection. All patients with clinical features of OLP were submitted to the service of oral surgery for confirmation. Among the 149 HCV-infected patients of the study group, 35 patients had OLP which represents a prevalence of 23.5%. Two out of these 35 patients with OLP-HCV association had cutaneous lichen planus (CLP) as well. Our findings indicate that there is a significant association between OLP and HCV infection especially for reticular and erosive types of OLP.
author	Hakkou,Fouzia Chbicheb,Saliha Essaid,Elfaydi El Wady,Wafae
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title	Oral Lichen Planus and Hepatitis C virus Infection: an Epidemiological Study of 149 Cases
title_short	Oral Lichen Planus and Hepatitis C virus Infection: an Epidemiological Study of 149 Cases
title_full	Oral Lichen Planus and Hepatitis C virus Infection: an Epidemiological Study of 149 Cases
title_fullStr	Oral Lichen Planus and Hepatitis C virus Infection: an Epidemiological Study of 149 Cases
title_full_unstemmed	Oral Lichen Planus and Hepatitis C virus Infection: an Epidemiological Study of 149 Cases
title_sort	oral lichen planus and hepatitis c virus infection: an epidemiological study of 149 cases
publisher	Universidad de La Frontera. Facultad de Medicina
publishDate	2012
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Oral Lichen Planus and Hepatitis C virus Infection: an Epidemiological Study of 149 Cases

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