Differentiated (simplex) vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia: A case report and review of the literature

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Taube, Janis M ^a,d   Badger, Joanna ^b   Kong, Christina S ^b   Dadras, Soheil S ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d Dermatopathology and Oral Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

differentiated VIN; lichen sclerosus; simplex VIN; vulva

Indexed keywords

IMIQUIMOD;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIATED VULVAR INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; KERATINIZATION; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PARAKERATOSIS; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; VULVA PRURITUS; VULVA TUMOR; VULVECTOMY;

AGED; AMINOQUINOLINES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79955524410     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181d9d626     Document Type: Article

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