Recalcitrant hand and foot warts successfully treated with photodynamic therapy with topical 5-aminolaevulinic acid: A pilot study

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 154-159

  Stender, Ida Marie ^a   Lock Andersen, Jørgen ^b   Wulf, Hans Christian ^b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCAR FORMATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARTS;

EID: 0033068031     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1999.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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