Pemphigus Oral Lesions Intensity Score (POLIS): A Novel Scoring System for Assessment of Severity of Oral Lesions in Pemphigus Vulgaris

Pemphigus Oral Lesions Intensity Score (POLIS): A Novel Scoring System for Assessment of Severity of Oral Lesions in Pemphigus Vulgaris

Background: Many patients with pemphigus vulgaris (PV) in India present with predominant/exclusive oral mucosal lesions. Current validated scoring systems for pemphigus do not adequately represent the clinical variability of oral lesions.Objective: To develop and validate a novel scoring system excl...

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Main Authors: Tekumalla Sindhuja, Dipankar De, Sanjeev Handa, Sonu Goel, Rahul Mahajan, Kamal Kishore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
pemphigus vulgaris
oral lesions
scale development
validity
reliability
new scale
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2020.00449/full

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