Vulvar psoriasis in adults and children: A clinical audit of 194 cases and review of the literature

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 364-371

  Kapila, Shivam ^a,b   Bradford, Jennifer ^a   Fischer, Gayle ^c  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

psoriasis; skin disease; vagina; vulvar

Indexed keywords

CALCIPOTRIOL; CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DATA BASE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; RASH; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; VULVA DISEASE; VULVAR PSORIASIS; VULVITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL AUDIT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; SKIN CREAM; VULVAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867581562     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: 15260976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e31824b9e5e     Document Type: Review

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