Lichen planus in children: review of 26 cases

被引：18

作者：

Balasubramaniam, P. ^{[1
]}

Ogboli, M. ^{[1
]}

Moss, C. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Birmingham Childrens Hosp NHS Fdn Trust, Dept Dermatol, Birmingham B4 6NH, W Midlands, England

来源：

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY | 2008年 / 33卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02694.x

中图分类号：

R75 [皮肤病学与性病学];

学科分类号：

100206 ;

摘要：

Lichen Planus (LP) is a common, very itchy papulosquamous disorder. Most reports of LP in children have come from the Indian subcontinent, suggesting that children of South Asian origin are more susceptible to developing LP. We conducted a retrospective, open, observational study of children with LP over a 10-year period, comparing the proportion of ethnicity in this group with the background ethnicity using UK census data from 2001. Of 26 children included in the study, 21 (80.8%) were from the Indian subcontinent, whereas the majority of the child population of Birmingham (0-17 years) was white (58%), with only 28% of the population being South Asian. Statistical analysis showed that the over-representation of South Asians in our series is significant (P < 0.001, 95% CI 56-91%). To our knowledge, this is the largest study on LP in children outside the Indian subcontinent.

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