title: Pityriasis lichenoides and its subtypes.
abstract: Pityriasis lichenoides represents a unique group of inflammatory skin disorders that include pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA), febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease (a subtype of PLEVA), and pityriasis lichenoides chronica. The history, epidemiology, clinical features, pathophysiology, and treatment of this group of conditions are reviewed in this manuscript.
authors.affiliation: Minneapolis Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: Sacharitha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bowers
authors.forename: Erin M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Warshaw
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017514:Pityriasis Lichenoides / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy