Is vulvar vestibulitis an inflammatory condition? A comparison of histological findings in affected and healthy women

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-322

  Lundqvist, Elisabet Nylander ^a   Hofer, Per Åke ^a   Olofsson, Jan I ^a   Sjöberg, Inga ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human papillomavirus; Inflammatory cells; Lymph follicles; Opening of rulvar Bartholin's duct

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; VULVA DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARTHOLIN'S GLANDS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; VULVA; VULVITIS;

EID: 0030749626     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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