Treatment of viral warts with cimetidine: An open-label study

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 183-185

  Gooptu, C ^a,b   Higgins, C R ^a   James, M P ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIMETIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERRUCA VULGARIS; WART VIRUS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIMETIDINE; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARTS;

EID: 0034115877     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2000.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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