Update: Treatment of cutaneous viral warts in children

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-229

  Boull, Christina ^a   Groth, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; BLEOMYCIN; CANTHARIDIN; CIDOFOVIR; CIMETIDINE; DIPHENCYPRONE; FLUOROURACIL; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; IMIQUIMOD; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PODOPHYLLIN; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PUMICE; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RETINOID; SALICYLIC ACID; SQUARIC ACID; ZINC SULFATE;

BLISTER; BURNING SENSATION; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CRYOTHERAPY; DESICCATION; DRUG SAFETY; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INJECTION SITE PAIN; LASER THERMOTHERAPY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHANGITIS; NAIL DISEASE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUTROPENIA; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; SCAR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URTICARIA; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; WARTS;

EID: 79958067504     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2010.01378.x     Document Type: Review

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