Self-administered topical 5% imiquimod cream for external anogenital warts

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-30

  Edwards, Libby ^a   Ferenczy, Alex ^b   Eron, Lawrence ^b   Baker, David ^b   Owens, Mary L ^b   Fox, Terry L ^b   Hougham, Andrina J ^b   Schmitt, Kathy A ^b  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG VEHICLE; IMIQUIMOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDYLOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AMINOQUINOLINES; ANUS DISEASES; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; DERMATITIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERFERON INDUCERS; MALE; OINTMENTS; PLACEBOS; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SAFETY; SELF ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEHICLES;

EID: 0031886680     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.1.25     Document Type: Article

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