Lichen sclerosus

Seminars in Dermatology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-46

  Leibowitch, Michele ^a  

^a Paris Descartes University   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRECANCER; REVIEW; VULVA CANCER; VULVA DISEASE; VULVECTOMY;

EID: 0029971318     PISSN: 0278145X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1085-5629(96)80017-4     Document Type: Review

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