Vulvar lichen planus

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 818-823

  Goldstein, Andrew T ^a,c   Metz, Arielle ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Center for Vulvovaginal Disorders   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUOCINONIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; MACROLIDE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RETINOID; TACROLIMUS;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERYTHEMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; VULVA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 29544452395     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.grf.0000179670.98939.b7     Document Type: Review

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