Co2 laser treatment of warts in immunosuppressed patients

Dermatology

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-152

  Läuchli, Severin ^a   Kempf, Werner ^a   Dragieva, Galya ^a   Burg, Günter ^a   Hafner, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allograft transplantation; CO2 laser; Immunosuppression; Nonmelanoma skin cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma; Viral warts

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REMISSION; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERRUCA VULGARIS; WART VIRUS; ADOLESCENT; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; WARTS;

EID: 0037278118     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068459     Document Type: Article

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