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Is chronic ulcerative stomatitis an entity? Clinical and immunological findings in 18 cases Volume 8, numéro 4, June 1998

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Department of Dermatology, Warsaw School of Medicine, Koszykawa 82a, 02-008 Warsaw, Poland
  • Page(s) : 261-5
  • Année de parution : 1998

In 1990, we identified a new disease entity involving the oral mucosa which we termed chronic ulcerative stomatitis (CUS) [1, 2]. The clinical presentation is often diverse, bearing similarities to desquamative gingivitis, cicatricial pemphigoid or ulcerative lichen planus. This disorder has been found associated with unusual antinuclear antibodies which react preferentially with the lower layers of squamous epithelium and are referred [...]