Non-sexually related acute genital ulcers in 13 pubertal girls: A clinical and microbiological study

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-45

  Farhi, David ^a   Wendling, Jeanne ^a,g   Molinari, Emmanuel ^c   Raynal, Jacqueline ^e   Carcelain, Guislaine ^d   Morand, Patrice ^f   Avril, Marie Françoise ^a   Francès, Camille ^c   Rozenberg, Flore ^b   Pelisse, Monique ^a   Dupin, Nicolas ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CENTRE JEAN PERRIN   (France)

^f GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g Hôpital d'Argenteuil   (France)

^h Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

'VIRGIN ADOLESCENT'; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS CAPSID;

EID: 58849163951     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2008.519     Document Type: Article

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