Antigen mimicry followed by epitope spreading: a pathogenetic trigger for the clinical morphology of lichen planus and its transition to Graham Lassueur Piccardi Little Syndrome and keratosis lichenoides chronica - Medical hypotheses or reality? Mimetismo antigênico seguido de espalhamento de epítopos: agente desencadeador patogênico da morfologia clínica do líquen plano e de sua transição para a Síndrome de Graham-Little-Piccardi-Lassueur e para a ceratose líquenóide crônica - Hipótese médica ou realidade?

Literature data analysis, providing an exact explanation of the lichen planus pathogenesis, as well as its transition into other rare forms such as Keratosis lichenoides chronica or Graham Lassueur Piccardi Little Syndrome are scant, or totally missing. The chronological course of the disease, known...

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Main Authors:	Georgi Tchernev, Pietro Nenoff
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2009-12-01
Series:	Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Subjects:	Apoptose Epitopos Imunidade Infecção Líquen plano Mimetismo molecular Apoptosis Epitopes Immunity Infection Lichen planus Molecular mimicry
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962009000600019