Non-neoplastic epithelial alterations of the vulva: Recognition assessment and comparisons of terminologies used among the various specialties

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 401-408

  Ambros, Robert A ^a   Malfetano, John H ^a   Carlson, J Andrew ^a   Mihm Jr , Martin C ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact dermatitis; Lichen planus; Lichen sclerosus; Lichen simplex chronicus; Psoriasis; Recognition assessment; Vulvar dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN DISEASE; VULVA DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY; TERMINOLOGY; VULVA; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 0030990767     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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