Treatment of human papillomavirus-associated vulvar diseases with the CO2-laser. Physical and histological aspects with use of a new scanning device, the SwiftLase®

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-35

  Sporri S ^a,b   Frenz, M ^a   Altermatt, H J ^a   Hannigan, E V ^b   Dreher, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide laser; Condylomata acuminata; Human papillomavirus; SwiftLase ; Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; THERMAL INJURY; VULVA DISEASE; WART VIRUS;

EID: 0029911137     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02505305     Document Type: Article

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