Offering an Off-Label Therapeutic Algorithm for Lichen Planus

April 2022 | Volume 21 | Issue 4 | Features | 444 | Copyright © April 2022


Published online April 1, 2022

Dillon Nussbaum BSc, Jessica Kalen MD, Joseph Zahn, MD FAAD, Adam Friedman MD FAAD

George Washington University Department of Dermatology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC

Disclosure
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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