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Date Published: 09/10/2022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v518i2.3424
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Vol. 518 No. 2 (2022)
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Thị Kim Hương, N. ., Thị Nhật Lệ, N. ., & Hữu Doanh, L. . (2022). EFFECTIVENESS OF LICHEN SCLEROSUS WITH ORAL AZITHROMYCIN. Vietnam Medical Journal, 518(2). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v518i2.3424

EFFECTIVENESS OF LICHEN SCLEROSUS WITH ORAL AZITHROMYCIN

Nguyễn Thị Kim Hương1,, Nguyễn Thị Nhật Lệ2, Lê Hữu Doanh3,4
1 Friendship Hospital
2 Vietnam - Cuba Hospital
3 Hanoi Medical University
4 National Hospital of Dermatology and Venereology

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Abstract

A uncontrolled, before-and-after clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and adverse effects of oral azithromycin in the treatment of lichen sclerosus. The study was conducted on 30 patients at the National Hospital of Dermatology. The study results showed that, after 8 weeks, the proportion of patients who responded to treatment (66.67%), good response accounted for (26.67%), only 2 patients did not respond, accounting for a low rate (6.66%). Adverse side effects: 10% had nausea, diarrhea; 16.67% had abdominal pain in the first 1-2 days, no patient refused treatment.

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lichen sclerosus, chronic, azithromycin

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