Local Hyperthermia at 44o°C for the Treatment of Plantar Warts: A Randomized, Patient-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 201, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1169-1172

  Huo, Wei ^a   Gao, Xing Hua ^a   Sun, Xiu Ping ^a   Qi, Rui Qun ^a   Hong, Yuxiao ^a   Mchepange, Uwesu Omari ^a   Li, Xiao Dong ^a   Xiao, Bi Huan ^a   Lin, Jun Ping ^a   Jiang, Yi ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Li, Yuan Hong ^a   Xiao, Ting ^a   Chen, John Z S ^a   Chen, Hong Duo ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VERRUCA PLANTARIS; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEAT; MALE; SKIN DISEASE; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WARTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950255045     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651506     Document Type: Article

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