Treatment of skin papillomas with topical α-lactalbumin-oleic acid

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 350, Issue 26, 2004, Pages

  Gustafsson, Lotta ^a   Leijonhufvud, Irene ^a   Aronsson, Annika ^a   Mossberg, Ann Kristin ^a   Svanborg, Catharina ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; ALPHA LACTALBUMIN PLUS OLEIC ACID; HUMAN ALPHA LACTALBUMIN MADE LETHAL TO TUMOR CELLS; OLEIC ACID; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL KILLING; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN PAPILLOMA;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LACTALBUMIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK, HUMAN; OLEIC ACID; WARTS;

EID: 2942746332     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa032454     Document Type: Article

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