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Correlation between Oral Lichen Planus and HPV infection
Vol 36, Issue 2S4, 2022
Abstract
Oral Lichen planus (LP) is an immune-mediated disease of unknown etiology involving oral mucous.OLP lesions can be single or multiple and with the following clinical variants: papular, reticular, plaquelike,atrophic, erosive, and bullous. The antigen that activates the inflammatory immune reaction in OLPlesions is unknown. The literature reports a correlation between Human papillomaviruses (HPV) infectionsand Oral Lichen Planus. The present paper recapped the evidence to establish if HPV can be a playerin the etiopathogenesis of the disease.
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Medical Genetics, University of Torino Medical School, Italy
Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, Italy