Treatment of nongenital cutaneous warts

American Family Physician

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 288-293

  Mulhem, Elie ^a   Pinelis, Susanna ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BLEOMYCIN; CANDIDA ANTIGEN; CANTHARIDIN; CIMETIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GARLIC EXTRACT; IMIQUIMOD; LIQUID NITROGEN; MUMPS ANTIGEN; PLACEBO; PODOPHYLLIN; PROPOLIS; RETINOID; SALICYLIC ACID; SILVER NITRATE; TRICHOPHYTON ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOTHERAPY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EROSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONOTHERAPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRURITUS; PULSED DYE LASER; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN PAIN; SKIN REDNESS; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE; WATCHFUL WAITING; CANDIDA; CURETTAGE; IMMUNOLOGY; MUMPS VIRUS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CAUTERY; CRYOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; HUMANS; MUMPS VIRUS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; SALICYLIC ACID; SOCIAL STIGMA; WARTS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 80051500255     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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