Combination topical treatment of molluscum contagiosum with cantharidin and imiquimod 5% in children: A case series of 16 patients

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 100-102

  Ross, Gayle L ^a   Orchard, David C ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunomodulation; Vesicant

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CANTHARIDIN; IMIQUIMOD; OIL; POVIDONE IODINE;

ARTICLE; BLISTER; BURNING SENSATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREAM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHEMA; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; SCAR FORMATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN IRRITATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AMINOQUINOLINES; CANTHARIDIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERFERON INDUCERS; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342500388     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2004.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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