Vulvar lichen sclerosus: An immunologic study

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 147-150

  Scrimin, Federica ^a   Rustja, Sabine ^a,b,c   Radillo, Oriano ^a,b,c   Volpe, Carla ^a,b,c   Abrami, Rossana ^a,b,c   Guaschino, Secondo ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD2 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VULVA DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 0033987273     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00482-2     Document Type: Article

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