Papular colpitis: A distinct clinical entity?: Symptoms, signs, histopathological diagnosis, and treatment in a series of patients seen at the rotterdam vulvar clinic

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-65

  Van Der Meijden, Willem I ^a   Ewing, Patricia C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

10 hydrocortisone acetate; Copious discharge; desquamative inflammatory vaginitis; papular colpitis; trichomoniasis

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD79A ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; CLINDAMYCIN; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAM STAINING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAPULAR VAGINITIS; PUNCH BIOPSY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGINA CYTOLOGY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINITIS;

EID: 78651349631     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e3181dc2f6a     Document Type: Article

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