Imiquimod 5% cream following curettage without electrodesiccation for basal cell carcinoma: Preliminary report

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Rigel, Darrell S ^a   Torres, Abel M ^b   Ely, Haines ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ely Dermatology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IMIQUIMOD;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CURETTAGE; DESICCATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; SKIN TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AMINOQUINOLINES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CURETTAGE; DESICCATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40349084067     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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