Interventions for cutaneous molluscum contagiosum

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  van der Wouden, Johannes C ^a   van der Sande, Renske ^b   Kruithof, Emma J ^a   Sollie, Annet ^c   van Suijlekom Smit, Lisette W A ^d   Koning, Sander ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Maison Medical Bel Air   (France)

^d SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; META ANALYSIS; MYRTLE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; REMISSION;

AMINOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CIMETIDINE; HYDROXIDE; IMIQUIMOD; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; OLIVE OIL; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POVIDONE IODINE; SALICYLIC ACID; SODIUM NITRITE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AMINOQUINOLINES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CIMETIDINE; HUMANS; HYDROXIDES; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; MYRTUS; OLIVE OIL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; POVIDONE-IODINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SALICYLIC ACID; SODIUM NITRITE;

EID: 85019583851     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004767.pub4     Document Type: Review

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