High prevalence of concomitant anogenital lichen sclerosus and extragenital psoriasis in adult women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1143-1147

  Eberz, Barbara ^b   Berghold, Andrea ^b   Regauer, Sigrid ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; ANUS DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 42949095231     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31816fdcdf     Document Type: Article

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