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  1. What Are Consumers Looking for With Boric Acid?

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, January 2025, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  2. Will artificial intelligence be the answer for the gap in vulvovaginal diseases?

    Article • Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, November 2024, Wiley

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  3. Polymicrobial Consortia in the Pathogenesis of Biofilm Vaginosis Visualized by FISH. Historic Review Outlining the Basic Principles of the Polymicrobial Infection Theory

    Article • Microbes and Infection, August 2024, Elsevier

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  4. Evaluation of Host Gene Methylation as a Triage Test for HPV–Positive Women—A Cohort Study

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, July 2024, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  5. The genital tract microbiome: bridging the gap between hype and clinical reality

    Article • Jornal Brasileiro de Doenças Sexualmente Transmissíveis, January 2024, Zeppelini Editorial e Comunicacao

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  6. Genital tract microbiota composition profiles and use of prebiotics and probiotics in gynaecological cancer prevention: review of the current evidence, the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology prevention committee statement

    Article • The Lancet Microbe, December 2023, Elsevier

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  7. Chlamydial and Gonococcal Genital Infections: A Narrative Review

    Article • Journal of Personalized Medicine, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  8. Low genitourinary tract risks in women living with the human immunodeficiency virus

    Article • Climacteric, April 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  9. The European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO), the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD), the European College for the Study of Vulval Disease (ECSVD), and the European Federation for Colposcopy (EFC) Consensus St...

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, April 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  10. The European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO), the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD), the European College for the Study of Vulval Disease (ECSVD), and the European Federation for Colposcopy (EFC) consensus st...

    Article • International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, March 2023, BMJ

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  11. Vulvar High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion and the Risk of Recurrence and Progression to Cancer

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, February 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  12. Scoping review of cytolytic vaginosis literature

    Article • PLOS One, January 2023, PLOS

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  13. International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Vaginitis

    Article • January 2023, Ad Médic - Organização e Secretariado de Eventos, Lda.

    Pedro Vieira Baptista, Dr. Francesco Fedele

  14. Chronic Hypertrophic Herpes Simplex Infection: A 13-Year Delay

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, December 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  15. Therapeutic Options for Chlamydia trachomatis Infection: Present and Future

    Article • Antibiotics, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  16. Reply to De Giorgi et al. Comment on “Kesić et al. Early Diagnostics of Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia. Cancers 2022, 14, 1822”

    Article • Cancers, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  17. Efficacy of Hormonal and Nonhormonal Approaches to Vaginal Atrophy and Sexual Dysfunctions in Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review

    Article • Revista Brasileira Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, October 2022, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr José Eleutério Jr, Pedro Vieira Baptista

  18. Vulvar Paget's disease: outcomes of 51 patients treated with imiquimod cream

    Article • Maturitas, September 2022, Elsevier

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  19. Vaginal Leptothrix: An Innocent Bystander?

    Article • Microorganisms, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  20. Changes in the Vaginal Microbiota of Women With Secondary Localized Provoked Vulvodynia

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, August 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  21. The European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO), the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD), the European College for the Study of Vulval Disease (ECSVD) and the European Federation for Colposcopy (EFC) consensus sta...

    Article • International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, June 2022, BMJ

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  22. The European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO), the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD), the European College for the Study of Vulval Disease (ECSVD) and the European Federation for Colposcopy (EFC) Consensus Sta...

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, June 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  23. Early Diagnostics of Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia

    Article • Cancers, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  24. Wet Mount Microscopy of the Vaginal Milieu Does Not Predict the Outcome of Fertility Treatments

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, January 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  25. COVID-19 related acute genital ulcer: a case report

    Article • Einstein (São Paulo), January 2022, Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Hospital Albert Einstein

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  26. The Vaginal Microbiome: I. Research Development, Lexicon, Defining “Normal” and the Dynamics Throughout Women's Lives

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, January 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  27. The Vaginal Microbiome: II. Vaginal Dysbiotic Conditions

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, January 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  28. The Vaginal Microbiome: III. The Vaginal Microbiome in Various Urogenital Disorders

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, January 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  29. The Vaginal Microbiome: IV. The Role of Vaginal Microbiome in Reproduction and in Gynecologic Cancers

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, January 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  30. The Vaginal Microbiome: V. Therapeutic Modalities of Vaginal Microbiome Engineering and Research Challenges

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, January 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  31. Vulvar High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions and Cancer as a Risk Factor for Anal Cancer: A Review

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, January 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  32. Use of Moisturizers and Lubricants for Vulvovaginal Atrophy

    Article • Frontiers in Reproductive Health, December 2021, Frontiers

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  33. Hormonal Approach for Postmenopausal Vulvovaginal Atrophy

    Article • Frontiers in Reproductive Health, November 2021, Frontiers

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  34. Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: Epidemiology, Physiopathology, Clinical Manifestation and Diagnostic

    Article • Frontiers in Reproductive Health, November 2021, Frontiers

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  35. G-spot: Fact or Fiction?: A Systematic Review

    Article • Sexual Medicine, September 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  36. Superficially Invasive Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A 37-Year-Long Experience of a Tertiary Referral Center

    Article • Cancers, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  37. Diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis: Clinical or microscopic? A cross‐sectional study

    Article • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, July 2021, Wiley

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  38. Cytology Is Not Reliable to Evaluate Cervical Disease Regression

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, July 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  39. Management of postmenopausal vulvovaginal atrophy: recommendations of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease

    Article • Gynecological Endocrinology, June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  40. Clinical manifestations and evaluation of postmenopausal vulvovaginal atrophy

    Article • Gynecological Endocrinology, May 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  41. For Anal Cancer, Not All Women Are Equal

    Article • The American Journal of Gastroenterology, May 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  42. Clinical validation of a new molecular test (Seegene Allplex™ Vaginitis) for the diagnosis of vaginitis: a cross‐sectional study

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, March 2021, Wiley

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  43. Clarification about vulvar cancer precursor lesions

    Article • Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction, March 2021, Elsevier

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  44. The International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease Vaginal Wet Mount Microscopy Guidelines: How to Perform, Applications, and Interpretation

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, February 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  45. Knowledge of Vulvar Anatomy and Self-examination in a Sample of Italian Women

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, January 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  46. Letter to the editor: “Do variations in labial anatomy have an effect on recurrent urinary tract infection?”

    Article • International Urogynecology Journal, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  47. Erosive Vulvar Lichen Planus and Risk of Vulvar Neoplasia

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, November 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  48. Prognostic factors for recurrence and survival in uncommon variants of vulvar cancer

    Article • Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  49. Cross-Protective IgG and IgA Antibodies against Oncogenic and Non-Oncogenic HPV Genotypes

    Article • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, September 2020, EpiSmart Science Vector Ltd

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  50. Impact of a High Coverage Vaccination Rate on Human Papillomavirus Infection Prevalence in Young Women: A Cross-sectional Study

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, August 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  51. Better studies needed on LASER use in urinary incontinence

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, June 2020, Wiley

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  52. Prognostic factors in patients with vulvar cancer: the VULCAN study

    Article • International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, June 2020, BMJ

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  53. Editorial Comment: The clinical role of LASER for vulvar and vaginal treatments in gynecology and female urology: An ICS/ISSVD best practice consensus document

    Article • International braz j urol, June 2020, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  54. Better triage tests needed for HPV‐positive women

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, May 2020, Wiley

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  55. Adult Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus: Can Experts Agree on the Assessment of Disease Severity?

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, March 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  56. Corrigendum

    Article • Neurourology and Urodynamics, March 2020, Wiley

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  57. The International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision: A Step-Back for Women With Vulvodynia?

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, February 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  58. Diagnosis of vaginitis: time to improve and move on

    Article • Jornal Brasileiro de Doenças Sexualmente Transmissíveis, January 2020, Zeppelini Editorial e Comunicacao

    Dr José Eleutério Jr, Pedro Vieira Baptista

  59. Response letter to comments related to “The clinical role of LASER for vulvar and vaginal treatments in gynecology and female urology: An ICS/ISSVD best practice consensus document”

    Article • Neurourology and Urodynamics, November 2019, Wiley

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  60. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of treatment modalities for vestibulodynia in women

    Article • The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  61. Vulvodynia: a neglected chronic pain diagnosis

    Article • Pain, July 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  62. Academic cosmetic gynaecology and energy-based therapies: ambiguities, explorations, and FDA advisories

    Article • International Urogynecology Journal, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  63. Descriptors of Vulvodynia: A Multisocietal Definition Consensus (International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease, the International Society for the Study of Women Sexual Health, and the International Pelvic Pain Society)

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, April 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  64. Impact of the Sampling Site in the Result of Wet Mount Microscopy

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, April 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  65. The Clinical Role of LASER for Vulvar and Vaginal Treatments in Gynecology and Female Urology: An ICS/ISSVD Best Practice Consensus Document

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, April 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  66. The clinical role of LASER for vulvar and vaginal treatments in gynecology and female urology: An ICS/ISSVD best practice consensus document

    Article • Neurourology and Urodynamics, February 2019, Wiley

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  67. The energy based devices for vaginal “rejuvenation,” urinary incontinence, vaginal cosmetic procedures, and other vulvo‐vaginal disorders: An international multidisciplinary expert panel opinion

    Article • Neurourology and Urodynamics, January 2019, Wiley

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  68. Immediate Loop Electrode Excisional Procedure for High-Grade Cervical Cytology: One Size Fits All?

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, January 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  69. Vulvodynia: A disease commonly hidden in plain sight

    Article • Case Reports in Women s Health, October 2018, Elsevier

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  70. International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease Recommendations Regarding Female Cosmetic Genital Surgery

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, October 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  71. To the Editor:

    Article • Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society, October 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  72. Bioengineering Organs for Blood Detoxification

    Article • Advanced Healthcare Materials, September 2018, Wiley

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  73. The ReCiDiF method to treat recurrent vulvovaginal candidosis: A friend with benefits

    Article • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, June 2018, Wiley

    Gilbert Donders, Pedro Vieira Baptista

  74. Diagnosis and management of vulvodynia in postmenopausal women

    Article • Maturitas, February 2018, Elsevier

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  75. Aerobic vaginitis: no longer a stranger

    Article • Research in Microbiology, November 2017, Elsevier

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  76. Clinical Validation of a Test for the Diagnosis of Vaginitis: Correction

    Article • Obstetrics and Gynecology, November 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  77. Clinical Validation of a Test for the Diagnosis of Vaginitis

    Article • Obstetrics and Gynecology, October 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  78. Lichen sclerosus in women: a review

    Article • Climacteric, June 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  79. Survey on Aesthetic Vulvovaginal Procedures: What do Portuguese Doctors and Medical Students Think?

    Article • Revista Brasileira Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, June 2017, Thieme Publishing Group

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  80. Women without vulvodynia can have a positive ‘Q-tip test’: a cross sectional study

    Article • Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, May 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  81. P-04-003 Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Women in Principe Island

    Article • The Journal of Sexual Medicine, April 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  82. Deconstructing the genitourinary syndrome of menopause

    Article • International Urogynecology Journal, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  83. Genital Tract Infections in an Isolated Community: 100 Women of the Príncipe Island

    Article • Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Pedro Vieira Baptista, Gilbert Donders

  84. Is it possible to prevent recurrent vulvovaginitis? The role of Lactobacillus plantarum I1001 (CECT7504)

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  85. Is the DSM-V Leading to the Nondiagnosis of Vulvodynia?

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, October 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  86. Lipschütz ulcers: should we rethink this? An analysis of 33 cases

    Article • European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, March 2016, Elsevier

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  87. Bacterial vaginosis and inflammatory response showed association with severity of cervical neoplasia in HPV-positive women

    Article • Diagnostic Cytopathology, February 2016, Wiley

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  88. Bacterial vaginosis, aerobic vaginitis, vaginal inflammation and major Pap smear abnormalities

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  89. The “Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause”

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, October 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  90. Emphysematous Vaginitis

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, April 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  91. What Differentiates Symptomatic from Asymptomatic Women with Lichen Sclerosus?

    Article • Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation, October 2014, Karger Publishers

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  92. Prevalence of vulvodynia and risk factors for the condition in Portugal

    Article • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, July 2014, Wiley

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  93. Ovarian Leydig cell tumor in a post-menopausal patient with severe hyperandrogenism

    Article • Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia & Metabologia, February 2014, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Pedro Vieira Baptista, DAVIDE CARVALHO

  94. Mycoplasma pneumoniae

    Article • Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, July 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  95. Lichen Sclerosus in Breast Cancer Survivor

    Article • Journal of General Internal Medicine, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  96. Ovarian intratumoral 21-hydroxylase deficiency in a postmenopausal hirsute woman

    Article • Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia & Metabologia, December 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Pedro Vieira Baptista, DAVIDE CARVALHO

  97. Sclerosing stromal tumour of the ovary associated with Meigs' syndrome and elevated CA125

    Article • Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, October 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  98. Case report: intra-partum utero-ovarian vessels rupture

    Article • Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, August 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  99. Use of extensible internal device in the femur of young dogs

    Article • Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, January 2008, Thieme Publishing Group

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  100. L-band land mobile satellite (LMS) amplitude and multipath phase modeling in urban areas

    Article • IEEE Communications Letters, January 1999, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Pedro Vieira Baptista

  101. Mobile and Base Station Diversity Simulation Experiments in a Mobile Communications Course

    Article • International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, July 1998, SAGE Publications

    Pedro Vieira Baptista