Rapid resolution of primary vulval adult Langerhans cell histiocytosis with very potent topical corticosteroids

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Foley, Susan ^a   Panting, Katherine ^b   Bell, Hazel ^b   Leonard, Niamh ^b   Franks, Andrea ^c  

^a WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Clinical scoring system; Clobetasol propionate; Genital; Histiocytosis X; Treatment; Vulva

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; PROTEIN S 100; T6 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL BURNING SENSATION; VULVA DISEASE; VULVA PRURITUS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952066128     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2009.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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