Mucosal vulval lichen planus: Outcome, clinical and laboratory features

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 301-307

  Kirtschig, G ^a,b   Wakelin, S H ^c   Wojnarowska, F ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erosive mucosal vulval disease; Lichen planus

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; CORTICOSTEROID; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; LICHEN PLANUS; MOUTH LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCREENING TEST; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVA DISEASE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVAR DISEASES; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 18844453981     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.01167.x     Document Type: Article

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