Imiquimod for the treatment of genital warts: A quantitative systematic review

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Moore, R Andrew ^a   Edwards, Jayne E ^a   Hopwood, Jennie ^b   Hicks, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b St Catherine's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIQUIMOD; AMINOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; INTERFERON INDUCING AGENT;

CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDYLOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MEDLINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENIS GLANS; PREPUCE; PRURITUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AMINOQUINOLINES; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; HUMANS; INTERFERON INDUCERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19044390232     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-1-3     Document Type: Review

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