Prevention and treatment of keloids with intralesional verapamil

Dermatology

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 60-62

  D'Andrea, Francesco ^a,b   Brongo, Sergio ^a   Ferraro, Giuseppe ^a   Baroni, Adone ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Keloids; Topical silicone; Verapamil hydrochloride

Indexed keywords

SILICONE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KELOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; KELOID; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SILICONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0036172522     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051812     Document Type: Article

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