Publications by authors named "Mona Hc Biermann"

Hintergrund Und Ziele: Lichen planus (LP) ist eine chronisch entzündliche Hauterkrankung, die eine große Belastung für die betroffenen Patienten darstellt. Es liegen jedoch nur wenige Daten zu dieser Erkrankung vor. Ziel dieser Studie ist es, das Wissen über die Epidemiologie und die Behandlungsmuster des LP anhand von Abrechnungsdaten deutscher Krankenkassen zu erweitern.

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Background And Objectives: Lichen planus (LP) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease and is a major burden for affected patients. However, data on this condition are scarce. This study aims to expand the knowledge on the epidemiology and treatment patterns of LP using German health claims data.

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The immune system struggles every day between responding to foreign antigens and tolerating self-antigens to delicately maintain tissue homeostasis. If self-tolerance is broken, the development of autoimmunity can be the consequence, as it is in the case of the chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). SLE is considered to be a multifactorial disease comprising various processes and cell types that act abnormally and in a harmful way.

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