Duct tape for the treatment of common warts in adults: A double-blind randomized controlled trial

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-313

  Wenner, Rachel ^a,c,d   Askari, Sharone K ^b   Cham, Peter M H ^c   Kedrowski, Deborah A ^c   Liu, An ^c   Warshaw, Erin M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DUCT TAPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; SKIN DISEASES; WARTS;

EID: 33947533063     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.143.3.309     Document Type: Article

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