Pediatric Annals 2009-07-01

Immunotherapy for childhood warts.

David A Dasher, Craig N Burkhart, Dean S Morrell

Index: Pediatr. Ann. 38(7) , 373-9, (2009)

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Abstract

Treatment-resistant warts are a common and frustrating problem for patients, parents, and providers alike. No wart treatment is uniformly effective. Indeed, well-designed randomized controlled trials are sorely needed to establish the true efficacy of all wart therapies. Treatment should be tailored to each individual patient. Although none of the immunologically-based treatments listed above (see Table, page 377) is FDA-approved for warts, they provide the treating physician with options for patients with warts that are resistant to standard treatments.