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Photodynamic therapy in the treatment of symptomatic oral lichen planus: A systematic review.

Zohaib AkramFawad JavedMervyn HoseinMohammed A Al-QahtaniFayez AlshehriAhmed I AlzahraniFahim Vohra
Published in: Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine (2017)
Photodynamic therapy appears to have some effect in the symptomatic treatment of OLP in adult patients. However, further randomized controlled trials with long follow-up period, standardized PDT parameters, and comparing the efficacy of PDT with steroid therapy are warranted to obtain strong conclusions in this regard.
Keyphrases
  • photodynamic therapy
  • fluorescence imaging
  • randomized controlled trial
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  • clinical trial
  • meta analyses