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Chapter 4 - Things That Look White

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

Gayle Fischer  and
Jennifer Bradford
Foreword by
Lynette Margesson
Gayle Fischer
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Jennifer Bradford
Affiliation:
University of Western Sydney
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The Vulva
A Practical Handbook for Clinicians
 , pp. 37 - 56
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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Bradford, J. and Fischer, G. (2010). Long-term management of vulval lichen sclerosus in adult women. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 50, 148–52.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Bradford, J. and Fischer, G. (2013). Surgical division of labial adhesions in vulvar lichen sclerosus and lichen planus. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 50, 48–50.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Chi, C. C., Kirtschig, G., Baldo, M., et al. (2011). Topical interventions for genital lichen sclerosus. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (12), CD008240.Google ScholarPubMed
Cooper, S. M., Ali, I., Baldo, M. and Wojnarowska, F. (2008). The association of lichen sclerosus and erosive lichen planus of the vulva with autoimmune disease. Archives of Dermatology, 144, 1432–5.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Cooper, S. M., Gao, X-H., Powell, J. J. and Wojnarowska, F. (2004). Does treatment of vulvar lichen sclerosus influence its prognosis? Archives of Dermatology, 104, 702–6.Google Scholar
Dalziel, K. L., Millard, P. R. and Wojnarowska, F. (1991). The treatment of vulval lichen sclerosus with a very potent topical corticosteroid (clobetasol propionate 0.05%) cream. Br J Dermatol, 124, 461–4.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ellis, E. and Fischer, G. (2015). Prepubertal-onset vulvar lichen sclerosus: the importance of maintenance therapy in long-term outcomes. Pediatric Dermatology, 32, 461–7.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hengge, U. R., Krause, W., Hofmann, H., et al. (2006). Multicentre, phase II trial on the safety and efficacy of topical tacrolimus ointment for the treatment of lichen sclerosus. British Journal of Dermatology, 155, 1021–8.Google Scholar
Jones, R. W., Sadler, L., Grant, S., et al. (2004). Clinically identifying women with vulvar lichen sclerosus at increased risk of squamous cell carcinoma: a case control study. Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 49, 808–11.Google Scholar
Lee, A., Bradford, J. and Fischer, G. (2015). Long-term management of vulvar lichen sclerosus. JAMA Dermatology, 151, 1061–7.Google Scholar
Powell, J. and Wojnarowska, F. (2001). Childhood vulval lichen sclerosus: an increasingly common problem. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 44, 803–6.Google Scholar
Renaud-Vilmer, C., Cavalier-Balloy, B., Porcher, R. and Dubertret, L. (2004). Vulvar lichen sclerosus. Effect of long-term topical application of a potent steroid on the course of the disease. Archives of Dermatology, 140, 709–12.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Sideri, M., Jones, R. W., Wilkinson, E. J., et al. (2005). Squamous vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia: 2004 modified terminology, ISSVD Vulvar Oncology Subcommittee. Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 50, 807–10.Google Scholar
Sinha, P., Sorinola, O. and Luesley, D. (1999). Lichen sclerosus of the vulva: long term maintenance therapy. Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 44, 621–4.Google Scholar
Smith, S. D. and Fischer, G. O. (2009). Childhood onset vulvar lichen sclerosus does not resolve at puberty: a prospective case series. Pediatric Dermatology, 26, 725–9.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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