Treatment of Verrucae Vulgaris and Molluscum Contagiosum with Photodynamic Therapy

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-80

  Gold, Michael H ^a,b   Moiin, Ali ^c  

^a GOLD SKIN CARE CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CANTHARIDIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EDETIC ACID; FLUOROURACIL; IODINE; LANOLIN ALCOHOL; LIQUID NITROGEN; PICIBANIL; PODOPHYLLIN; RETINOIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID; SILVER NITRATE; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

BURNING SENSATION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; EDEMA; ELECTROSURGERY; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INCIDENCE; LASER SURGERY; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PAIN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTOXICITY; POXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STINGING SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERRUCA PLANTARIS; VERRUCA VULGARIS; WART VIRUS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; HUMANS; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; WARTS;

EID: 33751196151     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2006.09.015     Document Type: Review

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