Can local application of imiquimod cream be an alternative mode of therapy for patients with high-grade intraepithelial lesions of the vagina?

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 898-902

  Haidopoulos, Dimitrios ^a,b   Diakomanolis, E ^a   Rodolakis, A ^a   Voulgaris, Z ^a   Vlachos, G ^a   Intsaklis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Imiquimod; Treatment; Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia

Indexed keywords

IMIQUIMOD; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA TUMOR; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AMINOQUINOLINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28944449883     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2005.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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