The efficacy of duct tape vs cryotherapy in the treatment of verruca vulgaris (the common wart)

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 971-974

  Focht III, Dean R ^a,b   Spicer, Carole ^a   Fairchok, Mary P ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

EID: 0036821931     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.156.10.971     Document Type: Article

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