How and when to treat: Molluscum contagiosum and warts in children

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-221

  Smolinski, Kara N ^a,b   Yan, Albert C ^a,b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; ALPHA INTERFERON; BLEOMYCIN; CANTHARIDIN; CIDOFOVIR; CIMETIDINE; DIPHENCYPRONE; FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD; PODOPHYLLIN; RETINOIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID; SQUARIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LASER SURGERY; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PULSED DYE LASER; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 15444380845     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-20050301-10     Document Type: Review

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