Differentiating normal and abnormal findings of the vulva

American Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1171-1180

  Apgar, Barbara S ^a   Cox, J Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONDYLOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; LENTIGO; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASE; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; VULVA CANCER; VULVA DISEASE; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VULVA; VULVAR DISEASES; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029918556     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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