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Lichen disease

Known as: Lichen, Lichen, unspecified, lichen skin 
skin disease caused by lichen fungus
National Institutes of Health

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3 relations

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Lichen Planus

Broader (1)

Lichenification
Lichenoid Eruptions

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Oral lichen planus and oral lichenoid lesions; a critical appraisal with emphasis on the diagnostic aspects.
Oral lichen planus (OLP) has a prevalence of approximately 1%. The etiopathogenesis is poorly understood. The annual malignant… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Metabolic diversity of lichen-forming ascomycetous fungi: culturing, polyketide and shikimate metabolite production, and PKS genes.
Lichens are composite and symbiotic organisms. Biologically, they often have been interpreted as one organism (fungi and algae… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Cytotoxic activity of some lichen extracts on murine and human cancer cell lines.
Eight lichens were extracted successively with n-hexane, diethyl ether and methanol using a Soxhlet process. The cytotoxic… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Weathering of rocks and neogenesis of minerals associated with lichen activity
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Drugs causing fixed eruptions: a study of 450 cases
Background Drug eruptions are among the most common cutaneous disorders encountered by the dermatologist. Some drug eruptions… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
In vitro activities of the lichen secondary metabolites vulpinic acid, (+)-usnic acid, and (-)-usnic acid against aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms
Secondary metabolites of different species of lichen were tested for their activities against a variety of microbial species… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Lichen planopilaris: clinical and pathologic study of forty-five patients.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
A prospective study of findings and management in 214 patients with oral lichen planus.
Review
1991
Review
1991
Lichen planus and malignancy. An epidemiologic study of 2071 patients and a review of the literature.
The literature contains 36 reports of squamous cell cancer associated with lichen planus, and several reports on increased… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Amyloid and amyloidosis.
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