Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus
Researchers' work from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Institute of Gynecology focuses on vulvar lichen sclerosus
Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 4th, 2010
A report, 'Epstein-Barr virus and human papillomavirus infection in vulvar lichen sclerosus,' is newly published data in Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. According to a study from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, "We investigated the presence of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human papillomavirus (HPV) in patients with vulvar lichen sclerosus (LS). We investigated the presence of HPV and EBV from 34 vulvar biopsies of patients with LS who had had no previous treatment and from 17 normal vulvar brushings used as controls."
"We used polymerase chain reaction to amplify DNA sequences of these viruses. Human papillomavirus and EBV DNA detection was carried out using...
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