2012 European guideline for the management of anogenital warts

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Lacey, C J N ^a   Woodhall, S C ^a   Wikstrom, A ^b   Ross, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Whittall Street Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; IMIQUIMOD; INTERFERON; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

ALGORITHM; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ANUS CANCER; ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDOM; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CRYOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; DERMATITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 11; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 6; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LASER SURGERY; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NONHUMAN; PENIS CANCER; PHIMOSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRECANCER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT INFECTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN EROSION; SKIN INJURY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PAIN; SKIN PRURITUS; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN TENDERNESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGINAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VULVA CANCER;

ANIMALS; ANUS DISEASES; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84874118371     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2012.04493.x     Document Type: Article

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