Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology
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J. Oral Pathol. Med. · Oct 2017
Psychological profiles in patients with symptomatic reticular forms of oral lichen planus: A prospective cohort study.
To analyze intra, extra-oral symptoms and psychological profiles in symptomatic patients with reticular (R) forms of oral lichen planus (OLP). ⋯ The oral complaints are correlated with anxious and depressive symptoms in sR-OLP patients. Mood disorders could modulate the pain perception or that patients could develop two different associated oral diseases, OLP and BMS.