Paring and intense pulsed light versus paring alone for recalcitrant hand and foot warts: A randomized clinical trial with blinded outcome evaluation

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-184

  Togsverd Bo, Katrine ^a   Gluud, Christian ^b   Winkel, Per ^b   Larsen, Helle K ^a   Lomholt, Hans B ^c   Cramers, Marie ^c   Bjerring, Peter ^d   Hædersdal, Merete ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Copenhagen University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Private Hospital Molholm   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Intense pulsed light; Pain; Paring; Viral warts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; INTENSE PULSE LIGHT; LASER SURGERY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERRUCA PLANTARIS; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARTS;

EID: 77249097863     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20852     Document Type: Article

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