Experience with molluscum contagiosum and associated inflammatory reactions in a pediatric dermatology practice: The bump that rashes

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1257-1264

  Berger, Emily M ^a   Orlow, Seth J ^a   Patel, Rishi R ^a   Schaffer, Julie V ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CANTHARIDIN; CIMETIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; RETINOID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRYOTHERAPY; DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; MOLLUSCUM DERMATITIS; PAPULAR ACRODERMATITIS; PAPULAR RASH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REACTIVE PAPULAR ERUPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84869837634     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2012.2414     Document Type: Article

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