Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 62, Issue 3 , Pages 387-392 , March 2010

Hydroxychloroquine and lichen planopilaris: Efficacy and introduction of Lichen Planopilaris Activity Index scoring system

  • Charles Chiang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology at University of California, San Francisco, California
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  • Deborah Sah, MD

      Affiliations

    • Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Fremont Center, Fremont, California
    • ,
  • Bryan K. Cho, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology at Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Camino Medical Group, Mountain View, California
    • ,
  • Blanca E. Ochoa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Vera H. Price, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology at University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Vera H. Price, MD, Department of Dermatology at University of California, San Francisco, 1701 Divisadero St, Third Floor, San Francisco, CA 94143.

,Accepted 14 August 2009.

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 Funding sources: None.

 Conflicts of interest: None declared.

PII: S0190-9622(09)01211-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.08.054

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 62, Issue 3 , Pages 387-392 , March 2010

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