Society guideline links: Lichen sclerosus

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This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Canada

●North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG): Clinical opinion – Diagnosis and management of lichen sclerosis in pediatric and adolescent patients (2022)

●Canadian Urological Association (CUA): Guideline on the care of the normal foreskin and neonatal circumcision in Canadian infants (2018)

United States

●North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG): Clinical opinion – Diagnosis and management of lichen sclerosis in pediatric and adolescent patients (2022)

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Practice bulletin for the diagnosis and management of vulvar skin disorders (2020)

Europe

●European Dermatology Forum (EDF): EuroGuiDerm guideline on lichen sclerosus (2023)

●2021 European guideline for the management of vulval conditions (published 2022)

●European guideline for the management of balanoposthitis (2022)

●European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS): Clinical guideline on vulvar lichen sclerosus in peri and postmenopausal women (2013)

United Kingdom

●British Gynaecological Cancer Society (BGCS): Vulval cancer guidelines – An update on recommendations for practice 2023 (published 2024)

●British Association of Dermatologists (BAD): Guidelines for the management of lichen sclerosus (2002, updated 2018)

●UK national guideline on the management of vulval conditions (2014)

Australia–New Zealand

●Vulval lichen sclerosus – An Australasian management consensus (2021)

Japan

●[In English] Japanese Dermatological Association (JDA): Diagnostic criteria, severity classification and guidelines of lichen sclerosis et atrophicus (2017)

●[In Japanese] JDA: Criteria for diagnosing curable atrophic lichens, classification of severity – Guidelines for clinical practice (2016)