Title thesis: Clinical studies on genital psoriasis and HPV-related lesions, a multidisciplinary approach

Meeuwis describes in her thesis both clinical studies on genital psoriasis and HPV-related anogenital (pre)malignancies in female renal transplant recipients (RTRs). Female renal transplant recipients have an elevated risk for HPV-related anogenital (pre)malignancies in this population, therefore additional attention to screening and prevention of these lesions is required. Specific themes that were studied in this thesis include cervical screening in female renal transplant recipients, prevalence of gynaecological (pre)malignancies in the female RTR population, clinical overview of anogenital malignancies in female RTRs and HPV genotype distribution in these lesions, epidemiology of HPV infections in female renal transplant recipients. Meeuwis used in her research the Cervex-Brush for physician-taken scrapes and the Evalyn Brush for self-sampling.