Review of terminology of precursors of vulvar squamous cell carcinoma

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 161-169

  Scurry, James ^a   Wilkinson, Edward J ^b  

^a Nextpath   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiated VIN; Squamous cell hyperplasia; VIN; Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia; Warty basaloid VIN

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS; CELL HYPERPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIATED VULVA INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; NEURODERMATITIS; NOMENCLATURE; PAGETOID VULVA INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; PRECURSOR; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR REGRESSION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS ETIOLOGY; VULVA ACANTHOSIS; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVA DISEASE; VULVA INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; WART VIRUS; WARTY BASALOID VULVA INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA;

CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; TERMINOLOGY; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750284286     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128360-200607000-00008     Document Type: Review

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