Serum levels of vitamin A, E, and selenium in women with lichen sclerosus of the vulva treated with etretinate.

Abstract

Forty-six patients with Lichen sclerosus (Ls) of the vulva were treated with peroral etretinate for 3 months. The pretreatment serum levels of vitamins A and E, and selenium were measured. Etretinate therapy proved to be effective in the treatment of Ls; however, it did not affect the vitamin A status of the Ls patients. Vitamin E and selenium levels did not differ from the control values, nor did they have any prognostic value.

• Authors: U Romppanen, R Tuimala, J Ellmén, T Koskinen, K Pyykkö
• Journal: Gynecologic and obstetric investigation (Gynecol Obstet Invest) Vol. 25 Issue 1 Pg. 66-9 ( 1988) ISSN: 0378-7346 [Print] Switzerland
• PMID: 3343023 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Vitamin A
• Vitamin E
• Etretinate
• Selenium

Topics

• Etretinate (therapeutic use)
• Female
• Humans
• Menopause
• Middle Aged
• Reference Values
• Sclerosis
• Selenium (blood)
• Vitamin A (blood)
• Vitamin E (blood)
• Vulva (pathology)
• Vulvar Diseases (blood, drug therapy, pathology)