Treating actinic keratoses with imiquimod

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 341-342

  Dixon, Anthony ^a  

^a Skin Alert Skin Cancer Clinics and Skincanceronly   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; IMIQUIMOD; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMAN; KERATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AMINOQUINOLINES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CRYOTHERAPY; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; SCALP DERMATOSES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34347246669     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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