Vulvar Disease Pearls

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-155

  Margesson, Lynette J ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BENZOCAINE; BORIC ACID; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; CITALOPRAM; CLOBETASOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXEPIN; ESTROGEN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; FLUOROURACIL; FLUOXETINE; HYDROXYZINE; IMIDAZOLE; IRRITANT AGENT; METHOTREXATE; NEOMYCIN; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; RETINOID; SPERMICIDAL AGENT; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; ULOBETASOL PROPIONATE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALACICLOVIR;

ANATOMY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMATOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPAREUNIA; DYSURIA; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEALTH CARE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MENOPAUSE; NEURODERMATITIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEDATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN ALLERGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VULVA DISEASE; VULVOVAGINITIS;

CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HERPES LABIALIS; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 33646156636     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2006.01.007     Document Type: Review

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