Diseases

Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus

Atrophy and shriveling of the SKIN of the VULVA that is characterized by the whitish LICHEN SCLEROSUS appearance, inflammation, and PRURITUS.

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Atrophy and shriveling of the SKIN of the VULVA that is characterized by the whitish LICHEN SCLEROSUS appearance, inflammation, and PRURITUS.

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  • Kraurosis Vulvae
  • Lichen Sclerosus of Vulva
  • Lichen Sclerosus, Vulvar
  • Sclerosus, Vulvar Lichen
  • Vulva Lichen Sclerosus
  • Vulvae, Kraurosis

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2006 (1963)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007724. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007724
  2. Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraurosis_vulvae
  3. Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1664923