title: Ignatia in the treatment of oral lichen planus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effectiveness of Ignatia homeopathic 30C in management of oral lichen planus (OLP).
  
  
  METHODS
  In this single blind randomized control clinical trial, 30 consecutive patients with oral lesions consistent clinically and histologically with erosive and/or atrophic OLP were recruited. The patients were randomly divided into two groups to receive Ignatia or placebo. They were treated for 4 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean lesion sizes and mean pain measures differed between control and treatment groups favouring Ignatia (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that Ignatia has a beneficial effect in treatment of OLP in selected patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Dental school, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Fahimeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mousavi
authors.forename: Safa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sherafati
authors.forename: Yalda Nozad
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Mojaver
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006705:Homeopathy; D006801:Humans; D017676:Lichen Planus, Oral / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016037:Single-Blind Method