Vulvar lichen sclerosus in postmenopausal women: A comparative study for treating advanced disease with clobetasol propionate 0.05%

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 519-522

  Diakomanolis, E S ^a   Haidopoulos, D ^a,b   Syndos, M ^a   Rodolakis, A ^a   Stefanidis, K ^a   Chatzipapas, J ^a   Michalas, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clobetasol propionate; Postmenopausal women; Vulvar lichen sclerosus

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CLOBETASOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036949919     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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