Epidemiology, clinical picture and treatment of molluscum contagiosum: Literature review;Épidémiologie, clinique et traitements du molluscum contagiosum : revue de la littérature

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 326-332

  Vanhooteghem, O ^a,b   Henrijean, A ^c   de la Brassinne, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b clinique Sainte Elisabeth   (Belgium)

^c CHC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANESDERM; CANTHARIDIN; CIDOFOVIR; CIMETIDINE; EMLA; INDINAVIR; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; RITONAVIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EPIDERMOID CYST; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; KERATINIZATION; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; NEVUS; PAPILLOMA; PAPULE; PHOTOTHERAPY; XANTHOGRANULOMA; REVIEW;

HUMANS; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM;

EID: 50349098157     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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