Multiple basal cell carcinomas in xeroderma pigmentosum treated with imiquimod 5% cream

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 488-491

  Malhotra, Amit Kumar ^a   Gupta, Somesh ^a   Khaitan, Binod K ^a   Verma, Kaushal K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIQUIMOD;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOSIS; MALE; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN ULCER; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

ADOLESCENT; AMINOQUINOLINES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HUMANS; MALE; OINTMENTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

EID: 49349112385     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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