The prognostic value of blood and lymph vessel parameters in lichen sclerosus for vulvar squamous cell carcinoma development: An immunohistochemical and electron microscopy study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167.e1-167.e8

  Van Der Avoort, Irene A M ^a   Van Der Laak, Jeroen A W M ^a   Otte Höller, Irene ^a   Van De Nieuwenhof, Hedwig P ^a   Massuger, Leon F A G ^a   De Hullu, Joanne A ^a   Van Kempen, Léon C L T ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

lichen sclerosus; malignant potential; microvessel density; pericytes; vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; HYALIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40; PARAFFIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VULVA CARCINOMA;

EID: 77955661118     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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