Cutaneous warts: An evidence-based approach to therapy

American Family Physician

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 647-652

  Bacelieri, Rocky ^a   Johnson, Sandra Marchese ^b,c,d  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Affiliated Dermatology   (United States)

^d Affiliated Dermatology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; BLEOMYCIN SULFATE; CANDIDA ANTIGEN; ETRETIN; ETRETINATE; IMIQUIMOD; RETINOID; SALICYLIC ACID;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOTHERAPY; DRUG COST; ERYTHEMA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INJECTION PAIN; NAIL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRURITUS; PULSED DYE LASER; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; SCAR; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN NECROSIS; VERRUCA PLANTARIS; VERRUCA VULGARIS; WART VIRUS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; CLINICAL TRIALS; CRYOSURGERY; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; SALICYLIC ACIDS; SKIN DISEASES; WARTS;

EID: 23844472219     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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