An update on vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia: Terminology and a practical approach to diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 290-294

  Reyes, M Carolina ^a   Cooper, Kumarasen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYNAECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY; KI 67; P53;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEURODERMATITIS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; VULVAR LICHEN SCLEROSUS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84898800900     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2013-202117     Document Type: Review

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