title: [Analysis of characteristics of genital diseases in girlhood].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the characteristics of genital diseases in girlhood in order to improve its prevention and treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  106 girls with genital diseases (age < or = 12 years) admitted to Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Shanghai Medical University from Jan. 1977 to Dec. 1996 were reviewed retrospectively. They were divided into two group. 1st group 36 cases (1977-1986), 2nd group 70 cases (1987-1996). The clinical data of these two groups were compared and also compared with the whole patients admitted to the Gynecological Department of this hospital at the same period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients' number of the second group significantly increased by 0.1 percentage as compared with the 1st group (P < 0.001). The characteristics of genital diseases in the second group is different from that in the 1st group: the incidence of genital tumor ranked the highest, the age of genital malformation patients became younger, and the inflammatory disease tended to be more complicated and serious.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data indicated that the pediatrician and gynecologist should pay more attention to the prophylaxis and treatment of genital diseases in girlhood.
authors.affiliation: Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Shanghai Medical University.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies