Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment: Is it really effective in plasma cell vulvitis? Report of four cases

Dermatology

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-246

  Virgili, Annarosa ^a   Mantovani, Lucia ^a   Lauriola, Maria Michela ^a   Marzola, Andrea ^a   Corazza, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunomodulating topical agents; Plasma cell vulvitis; Vulvar disease

Indexed keywords

TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLASMA CELL VULVITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGINA PAIN; VULVITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; CALCINEURIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVA; VULVITIS;

EID: 40949085676     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112935     Document Type: Article

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