Vulvar disorders in prepubertal girls: A literature review

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 763-773

  Fivozinsky, Karen B ^a   Laufer, Marc R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatrics; Vulvar diseases; Vulvar neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ALCLOMETASONE; AMCINONIDE; BETAMETHASONE; CLOBETASOL; DESONIDE; DESOXIMETASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIFLORASONE; FLUDROXYCORTIDE; FLUOCINOLONE; HALCINONIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE VALERATE; MOMETASONE FUROATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNICARBATE; TRIAMCINOLONE; ULOBETASOL PROPIONATE;

DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VULVA DISEASE; VULVITIS; WART VIRUS;

CHILD; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PUBERTY; VULVAR DISEASES; VULVAR NEOPLASMS; VULVITIS;

EID: 0031707021     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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