Successful treatment of keratoacanthoma centrifugum marginatum with local application of imiquimod cream

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1321-1322

  Aroni, Kiriaki ^a   Mastoraki, Aikaterini ^a   Agrogiannis, George ^a   Ioannidis, Eleftherios ^a   Patsouris, Efstratios ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETRETIN; IMIQUIMOD; KERATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOACANTHOMA; KERATOACANTHOMA CENTRIFUGUM MARGINATUM; LOW DRUG DOSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPULAR RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AMINOQUINOLINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOACANTHOMA; LEG DERMATOSES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 37549038222     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03397.x     Document Type: Article

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