Current controversies in oral lichen planus: Report of an international consensus meeting. Part 1. Viral infections and etiopathogenesis

Giovanni Lodi1, Crispian Scully2, Marco Carrozzo3, Mark Griffiths2, Philip B. Sugerman4, Kobkan Thongprasom5
1Researcher, Unit of Oral Medicine and Pathology, Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, University of Milan, Italy
2Dean, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences and International Centres for Excellence in Dentistry, University College London, University of London, London, UK
3Researcher, Oral Medicine Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
4Research Fellow, AstraZeneca R&D Boston, Waltham, Mass
5Professor, Oral Medicine Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

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