Erosive vulvar lichen planus: Retrospective review of characteristics and outcomes in 113 patients seen in a vulvar specialty clinic

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-47

  Kennedy, Colleen M ^a,b   Galask, Rudolph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Lichen planus; Vulvar diseases

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PIMECROLIMUS; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; CORTICOSTEROID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGINAL BURNING SENSATION; VULVA DISEASE; VULVA PRURITUS; VULVODYNIA; ARTICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LICHEN PLANUS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACROLIMUS; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 34047145505     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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