Potential role of the skin and gut microbiota in premenarchal vulvar lichen sclerosus: A pilot case-control study.

Potential role of the skin and gut microbiota in premenarchal vulvar lichen sclerosus: A pilot case-control study.

The etiology of vulvar lichen sclerosus (LS) remains unclear; however, alterations in cutaneous and gut microbiota may be contributing to the pathogenesis of this inflammatory condition. To explore this hypothesis, we conducted a pilot case-control study, obtaining dermal swab and stool samples from...

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Main Authors: Suhana Chattopadhyay, Justin D Arnold, Leena Malayil, Lauren Hittle, Emmanuel F Mongodin, Kalyani S Marathe, Veronica Gomez-Lobo, Amy R Sapkota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0245243&type=printable
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