Topical TRPM8 agonist (Icilin) relieved vulva Pruritus originating from lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 561-562

  Han, Jung Hyun ^a   Choi, Hoo Kyun ^b   Kim, Seong J ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (2 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 (3 NITROPHENYL) 1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDROPYRIMIDIN 2 ONE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; TOPICAL AGENT; TRIAMCINOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDEMA; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; HYSTERECTOMY; LETTER; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LICHENOID ERUPTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VULVA PRURITUS;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANTIPRURITICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; PYRIMIDINONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRPM CATION CHANNELS; VULVAR LICHEN SCLEROSUS;

EID: 84868338495     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1244     Document Type: Letter

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