Dermatologic causes of vaginitis: A clinical review

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 727-735

  Edwards, Libby ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophic vaginitis; Cicatricial pemphigoid; Desquamative inflammatory vaginitis; Lichen planus; Pemphigus vulgaris; Vaginitis; Vulva

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FLUCONAZOLE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; PIMECROLIMUS; TACROLIMUS; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

APPLICATION SITE IRRITATION; BURNING SENSATION; DESQUAMATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN IRRITATION; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINITIS; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINDAMYCIN; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; PEMPHIGOID, BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PEMPHIGUS; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES; VAGINITIS;

EID: 77957135917     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2010.07.004     Document Type: Review

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