Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia in lichen sclerosus of the vulva

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-62

  Lee, Eung Seok ^a   Allen, David ^b   Scurry, James ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURODERMATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEPITHELIOMATOUS HYPERPLASIA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SQUAMOUS CELL; VULVA DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; VULVA; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 12244277407     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004347-200301000-00012     Document Type: Article

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