Genital vulvar lichen sclerosus in monozygotic twin women: a case report and review of the literature

Doulaveri, Georgeta, Armira, Kalliopi, Kouris, Anargyros, Karypidis, Dimitrios and Potouridou, Irene 2013. Genital vulvar lichen sclerosus in monozygotic twin women: a case report and review of the literature. Case Reports in Dermatology 5 (3) , pp. 321-325. 10.1159/000356775

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Abstract

Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus is a skin disease of multifactorial etiology which appears in patients with genetic or hormonal predisposition and autoimmune disease. Genetic predisposition is suggested by familial reports of the disease which involve twins, siblings, and mother-daughter/son series. This is a report of the occurrence of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus in monozygotic twin women, suggesting that inheritance is of relevance in the etiology of this disease.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Publisher:	Karger Publishers Open Access: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial / Karger Publishers
ISSN:	1662-6567
Last Modified:	03 Jul 2018 12:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/111083

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