Cimetidine treatment for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-113

  Harcourt, J P ^a   Worley, G ^a   Leighton, S E J ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cimetidine; Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis; Warts

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALPHA INTERFERON; CIMETIDINE; RIBAVIRIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHUS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNX PAPILLOMATOSIS; LASER SURGERY; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRACHEA; TRACHEOSTOMY; WART VIRUS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CIMETIDINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PAPILLOMA; REMISSION INDUCTION; TRACHEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032739896     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(99)00279-7     Document Type: Article

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