Imiquimod 5% cream for the treatment of actinic keratosis: Results from a phase III, randomized, double-blind, vehicle-controlled, clinical trial with histology

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 547-555

  Szeimies, Rolf Markus ^a,b   Gerritsen, Marie Jeanne P ^a   Gupta, Girish ^a   Paul Ortonne, Jean ^a   Serresi, Stefano ^a   Bichel, Jens ^a   Lee, James H ^a   Fox, Terry L ^a   Alomar, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIQUIMOD;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRY SKIN; EDEMA; EROSION; ERYTHEMA; EUROPE; EXUDATE; FACE; FEMALE; HEALTH VISITOR; HEAT; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALP; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

AGED; AMINOQUINOLINES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS;

EID: 4644304377     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2004.02.022     Document Type: Article

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