Imiquimod treatment of lentigo maligna: An open-label study of 34 primary lesions in 32 patients

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 943-945

  Buettiker, Urs V ^b   Yawalkar, Nikhil Y ^b   Braathen, Lasse R ^b   Hunger, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IMIQUIMOD; POLYURETHAN;

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DEFECT;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AGED; AMINOQUINOLINES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47849128971     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.144.7.943     Document Type: Letter

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