Balanitis and balanoposthitis: A review

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 155-159

  Edwards, Sarah ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

balanitis; balanoposthitis; penile dermatoses

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; STEROID;

AMEBIASIS; ANAEROBIC INFECTION; BALANITIS; CANDIDIASIS; CIRCUMCISION; ERYTHROPLASIA; HUMAN; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; MYCOSIS; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79960434375     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.72.3.155     Document Type: Review

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