Anogenital pruritus: Lichen sclerosus in children

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 785-791

  Poindexter, Gabriele ^a,b   Morrell, Dean S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Campus Box 7287 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CLOBETASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTROGEN; PIMECROLIMUS; PROGESTERONE; TACROLIMUS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANOGENITAL PRURITUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS;

EID: 38849134238     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-20071201-07     Document Type: Article

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