EFFECTIVENESS OF LICHEN SCLEROSUS WITH ORAL AZITHROMYCIN
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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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