TY - JOUR ID - 98311 TI - Frequency of HBsAg positive cases in Lichen Planus patients attending the skin clinic of Khatam-Al-Anbia Hospital of Zahedan in 1376-77 JO - Iranian Journal of Dermatology JA - IJD LA - en SN - AU - Bani Hashemi, M AU - Daneshmandrokhi, R AD - Y1 - 1999 PY - 1999 VL - 2 IS - 3 SP - 7 EP - 14 KW - Lichen Planus KW - Hepatitis B DO - N2 - In several reports a close relationship between lichen planus and chronic viral hepatitis has been demonstrated. According to the high prevalence of hepatitis B in communities like Iran and especially in Sistan-va-Baloochestan, a prospective study was performed for screening HBV markers in patients suffering lichen planus to detect the prevalence of HBsAg positive cases in them, comparing with general population, i.e. 4%. On the other hand we decided to detect some groups of lichen planus patients that this ratio mat be more in them. On this basis, 80 patients were studied during 9 months. 8 cases (10%) were HBsAg positive, showing significant increase comparing to the general population (4%). Also, the prevalence of HBsAg positive cases was greatly more in patients who had oral mucosal membrane involvement (41.2% of all patients). UR - https://www.iranjd.ir/article_98311.html L1 - https://www.iranjd.ir/article_98311_40495f703c9cf0ac549a5c069790bab2.pdf ER -