Pulsed dye laser treatment is effective in the treatment of recalcitrant viral warts

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-72

  Schellhaas, Ulrike ^a   Gerber, Wolfgang ^a   Hammes, Stefan ^b   Ockenfels, Hans M ^a,c  

^a Klinikum Stadt Hanau   (Germany)

^b LASERKLINIK KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Hanau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT DISEASE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RELAPSE; REMISSION; TREATMENT DURATION; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, DYE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARTS;

EID: 37349070067     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.34010.x     Document Type: Article

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