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Lichen Planus and Lichenoid Disorders

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Lichen planus is a cutaneous papulosquamous eruption with unknown etiology. It has different variants. Lichenoid eruptions are dermatoses manifested by shiny, flat-topped papules like lesions seen in lichen planus. In the current chapter, lichen planus, its variants, and lichenoid eruptions are described.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran

    Reza Yaghoobi

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  1. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA

    Bruce Smoller

  2. Taha Physicians’ Building, Dr. Nooshin Bagerhani’s Office, Khoramshahr, Khuzestan Province, Iran

    Nooshin Bagherani

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Yaghoobi, R. (2022). Lichen Planus and Lichenoid Disorders. In: Smoller, B., Bagherani, N. (eds) Atlas of Dermatology, Dermatopathology and Venereology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53808-2_36

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