Desquamative vaginitis: Lichen planus in disguise

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 832-836

  Edwards, Libby ^a   Friedrich, Eduard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL; DAPSONE; GRISEOFULVIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LICHEN PLANUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VAGINITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MIDDLE AGE; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH MUCOSA; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0023874866     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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