Vulval lichen sclerosus and lichen planus

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 523-532

  McPherson, Tess ^a   Cooper, Susan ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lichen planus; lichen sclerosus; mucosal lichen planus; vulva; vulval; vulvar; vulvovaginal

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; CLOBETASONE BUTYRATE; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; LYMECYCLINE; PIMECROLIMUS; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; TRIMOVATE CREAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER RISK; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MOUTH MUCOSA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EXAMINATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVA DISEASE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; VULVAR LICHEN SCLEROSUS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77957322158     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2010.01355.x     Document Type: Review

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