Erosive vulvar lichen planus: A cohort at risk for cancer?

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 781-784

  Kennedy, Colleen M ^a,b   Peterson, Lorna B ^a   Galask, Rudolph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma; Vulvar lichen planus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VULVAR DISEASES; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 55349119874     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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