Unexpectedly high frequency of genital involvement in women with clinical and histological features of oral lichen planus

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 433-438

  Di Fede, Olga ^a,c   Belfiore, Pina ^b   Cabibi, Daniela ^c   De Cantis, Stefano ^c   Maresi, Emiliano ^c   Kerr, Alexander Ross ^d   Campisi, Giuseppina ^a  

^a Department of Oral Sciences ^*  (Italy)

^b Institute of Gynaecology and Obstetrics   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genital lichen planus; Oral lichen planus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL BIOPSY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VULVA; VULVA DISEASE; VULVAL LICHEN PLANUS; VULVAL LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MIDDLE AGED; VULVAR DISEASES; VULVAR LICHEN SCLEROSUS;

EID: 33749009742     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0116     Document Type: Article

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