Vulvoscopy: Review of a diagnostic approach requiring clarification

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 179-182

  Micheletti, Leonardo ^a   Bogliatto, Fabrizio ^b   Lynch, Peter J ^b  

^a NONE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Colposcopy; Toluidine blue; Vulvar diseases; Vulvoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

COLPOSCOPE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; VULVA DISEASE; VULVOSCOPY;

EID: 41849091575     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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