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SUBMITTER: Pepas L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6457779 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pepas Litha L Kaushik Sonali S Nordin Andy A Bryant Andrew A Lawrie Theresa A TA
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20150818 8
<h4>Background</h4>This is an updated version of a review first published in theCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 4, in 2011. Vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) is a pre-cancerous condition of the vulval skin and its incidence is increasing in women under 50 years. High-grade VIN (also called usual-type VIN (uVIN) or VIN 2/3 or high-grade vulval intraepithelial lesion) is associated with human papilloma virus (HPV) infection and may progress to vulval cancer, therefore is usuall ...[more]