Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3190412 | Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie | 2007 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Pulse dye laser appears to be an effective treatment in palmoplantar warts but the efficacy of this method seems to be only equivalent to that of standard treatments (cryotherapy or salicylic acid preparations). Safety is excellent and constitutes one of the major advantages of this technique. The absence of any proven superiority over the standard treatments in terms of efficacy, coupled with the high costs involved, means that PDL should only be used second-line therapy in patients wishing to avoid constraints affecting their professional activity.
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Authors
T. Passeron, K. Sebban, F. Mantoux, E. Fontas, J.-P. Lacour, J.-P. Ortonne,