Diagnosis and management of vulvodynia should include biopsy and histological examination

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 663-665

  Regauer, S ^a   Eberz, B ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b General Gynaecology Practice   (Austria)

Author keywords

biopsy; histology; hyperinnervation; mast cells; vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100; TRYPTASE;

ACANTHOSIS; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; ANUS CANCER; BARTHOLIN GLAND; BIOPSY; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INNERVATION; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; LETTER; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LICHENOID; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE GROWTH; NEURINOMA; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUNCH BIOPSY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN DISEASE; VULVA BIOPSY; VULVA CANCER; VULVAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; VULVODYNIA;

BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAST CELLS; VULVODYNIA;

EID: 77955874083     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09909.x     Document Type: Letter

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