Dermasilk briefs in vulvar lichen sclerosus: An adjuvant tool

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 287-291

  D'Antuono, Antonietta ^a   Bellavista, Sara ^a   Negosanti, Francesca ^a   Zauli, Stefania ^a   Baldi, Elena ^b   Patrizi, Annalisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermasilk; Lichen sclerosus; Vulvar

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; COTTON BRIEF; DERMASILK FABRIC; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VULVA PRURITUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CLOBETASOL; CLOTHING; COTTON FIBER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN E; VULVAR LICHEN SCLEROSUS;

EID: 80053617535     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: 15260976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e31821380a0     Document Type: Article

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