Bleomycin in dermatology: A review of intralesional applications

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1299-1313

  Saitta, Peter ^b   Krishnamurthy, Karthik ^a,c   Brown, Lance H ^d  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c ST BARNABAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; BLEOMYCIN SULFATE; BUTACAINE; CINCHOCAINE; CISPLATIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; LIDOCAINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PROCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRACAINE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPATHY; ATROPHY; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BURNING SENSATION; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CRYOSURGERY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG UPTAKE; EDEMA; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTROPORATION; ERYTHEMA; FINGER TIP INJURY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HEMANGIOMA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOPIGMENTATION; HYPOTENSION; KERATOACANTHOMA; MELANOMA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE SPASM; NAIL DYSTROPHY; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SWELLING; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BLEOMYCIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 53149150589     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34281.x     Document Type: Review

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