Warts: A guide to their removal

Consultant

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-340

  Scheinfeld, Noah S ^a,b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryotherapy; Human papillomavirus; Intralesional therapy; Warts

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; BLEOMYCIN; CANTHARIDIN; CIMETIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD; LIQUID NITROGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PODOPHYLLIN; RETINOIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID; TAZAROTENE; ZINC SULFATE;

CRYOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYPNEA; TINNITUS; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING;

EID: 33645279532     PISSN: 00107069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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