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HPV type in plantar warts influences natural course and treatment response: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jul 2013
Bruggink Sjoerd C, Gussekloo Jacobijn, de Koning Maurits N C, Feltkamp Mariet C W, Bavinck Jan Nico Bouwes, Quint Wim G V, Assendelft Willem J J, Eekhof Just A H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cryotherapy is effective for common warts, but for plantar warts available treatments often fail. OBJECTIVES: Within a pragmatic randomised controlled trial, we examined whether subgroups of common and plantar warts have a favourable natural course or response to treatment based on wart-associated HPV type. STUDY DESIGN: Consecutive patients with new common or plantar warts were recruited in 30 Dutch...
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