title: Lichen planus treated with betamethasone oral mini-pulse therapy.
abstract: Ten Patients, 6 males and 4 females between 7-60 years of age having lichen planus for I month to 2 years were treated with betamethasone 5mg orally on two consecutive days in a week for 3 months. There was excellent (75-100%) response in 6 (60%) patients and good (50-75%) in 4 (40%) patients. None of the patients had significant side effects of the therapy and there were no treat-ment failures. Betamethasone on two consecutive days in a week as oral mini pulse therapy may be a safe, effective and a better therapeutic alternative for the treatment of lichen planus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Manchanda