Does treatment of vulvar lichen sclerosus influence its prognosis?

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OBJECTIVE: To record the clinical features, symptomatic response to topical steroids, and resolution of clinical signs in a large cohort of female patients with vulvar lichen sclerosus. DESIGN: Descriptive cohort study with a mean follow-up of 66 months. SETTING: The vulvar clinics of a teaching hospital and of a district general hospital in Oxfordshire, England. PATIENTS: Three hundred twenty-seven patients (74 girls and 253 women) with a definite clinical diagnosis of vulvar lichen sclerosu...

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Authors: Cooper, S; Gao, X; Powell, J; Wojnarowska, F

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Archives of dermatology
• Volume: 140
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 702-706
• Publication date: 2004-06-01
• DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.6.702
• EISSN: 1538-3652
• ISSN: 0003-987X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Retrospective Studies; Severity of Illness Index; Prognosis; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Child; Child, Preschool; Humans; Aged, 80 and over; Adolescent; Middle Aged; Infant; Glucocorticoids; Clobetasol; Medical Records; England; Adult; Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus; Cohort Studies; Aged; Female; Vulvar Neoplasms; Administration, Cutaneous