Brazilian waxing and human papillomavirus: A case of acquired epidermodysplasia verruciformis

CMAJ

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 126-128

  Kirchhof, Mark G ^a   Au, Sheila ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD; ISOTRETINOIN; LIQUID NITROGEN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RETINOIC ACID; TACROLIMUS; WAX;

ACQUIRED EPIDERMODYSPLASIA VERRUCIFORMIS; ADULT; APPLICATION SITE DISCOMFORT; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; ARTICLE; BRAZILIAN WAXING; CASE REPORT; CHLOASMA; CRYOTHERAPY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EPIDERMODYSPLASIA VERRUCIFORMIS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INJURY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KERATINOCYTE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; MEDICAL HISTORY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PAPULE; PATIENT HISTORY OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PUBIC HAIR; PUBIC HAIR WAXING; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN DISCOLORATION; WART VIRUS; WOUND HEALING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BODY MODIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED;

BODY MODIFICATION, NON-THERAPEUTIC; EPIDERMODYSPLASIA VERRUCIFORMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; WAXES;

EID: 84922257297     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.140198     Document Type: Article

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