Molluscum contagiosum and warts

American Family Physician

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1233-1240+1243

  Stulberg, Daniel L ^a   Hutchinson, Anne Galbraith ^a  

^a Utah Valley Fam Pract Resid Prog   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ALPHAN3 INTERFERON; ANTIGEN; BLEOMYCIN; CANDIDA ANTIGEN; CIDOFOVIR; CIMETIDINE; DIPHENCYPRONE; EMLA; IMIQUIMOD; LEVAMISOLE; LIDOCAINE; MUMPS ANTIGEN; RETINOIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID; SQUARIC ACID; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; SKIN ALLERGY; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AMINOQUINOLINES; CRYOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; WARTS;

EID: 0037444174     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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