Comparison of the efficacy of cryotherapy and 0.1% Acnalen gel vs. cryotherapy and placebo in the treatment of actinic keratoses

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-57

  Azimi, Hamideh ^a   Zadeh, Morteza Goja ^b   Jaberian, Mahnaz ^c   Omid, Mashrabi ^d  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acnalen 0.1 gel; Actinic keratoses; Cryotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACNALEN; ADAPALENE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEL; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALP; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84856943770     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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