Imiquimod 5% cream for the prevention of recurrence after excision of presternal keloids

Dermatology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-65

  Malhotra, Amit Kumar ^a   Gupta, Somesh ^a   Khaitan, Binod K ^a   Sharma, Vinod K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Imiquimod 5 cream; Keloid, presternal

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; IMIQUIMOD;

ADULT; APPLICATION SITE BURNING; APPLICATION SITE PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KELOID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AMINOQUINOLINES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KELOID; MALE; OINTMENTS; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STERNUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250811347     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102036     Document Type: Article

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