Topical treatments for cutaneous warts (Review)

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Gibbs, Sam ^a   Harvey, I ^b  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Administration, topical; Bleomycin administration dosage ; Cryotherapy; Dinitrochlorobenzene administration dosage ; Fluorouracil administration dosage ; Interferons administration dosage ; Photochemotherapy

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; ACICLOVIR; ADRENALIN; ALPHA INTERFERON; ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BETA INTERFERON; BLEOMYCIN; CALLUSOLVE; CANTHARIDIN; CEDAR LEAF OIL; DITHRANOL; FLUOROURACIL; FORMALDEHYDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTARALDEHYDE; IDOXURIDINE; IMIQUIMOD; INTERFERON; JATROPHA MULTIFIDA EXTRACT; LACTIC ACID; LIDOCAINE; OLEIC ACID; PETROLATUM; PODOPHYLLIN; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PYROXYLIN; SALICYLIC ACID; SILVER NITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

BLISTER; BURNING SENSATION; CAUTERIZATION; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDYLOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRYOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONOTHERAPY; MOSAIC VIRUS; PAIN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRURITUS; PULSED DYE LASER; REVIEW; SKIN IRRITATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

EID: 42749108546     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001781.pub2     Document Type: Review

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