Natural course of cutaneous warts among primary schoolchildren: A prospective cohort study

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 437-441

  Bruggink, Sjoerd C ^a   Eekhof, Just A H ^a   Egberts, Paulette F ^a   van Blijswijk, Sophie C E ^a   Assendelft, Willem J J ^a   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cutaneous warts; Natural course; Primary care; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; SALICYLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; COMPLICATION; CRYOTHERAPY; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT DERMATOSES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; WARTS; WATCHFUL WAITING; ARTICLE; CUTANEOUS WARTS; HAND DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NATURAL COURSE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOTHERAPY; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PAIN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SALICYLIC ACID; WARTS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

CUTANEOUS WARTS; NATURAL COURSE; PRIMARY CARE; SCHOOLCHILDREN;

EID: 84883823353     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1508     Document Type: Article

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