Efficacy of oral zinc therapy in epidermodysplasia verruciformis with squamous cell carcinoma

Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) is a rare, inherited disorder that predisposes patients to widespread human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas. There is still no definitive therapeutic modality for EV. A 24 year old male patient with EV was treated with oral z...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Sudhanshu, Barman, Krishna Deb, Sarkar, Rashmi, Manjhi, Mukesh, Garg, Vijay Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3937490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24616858
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.126034
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author Sharma, Sudhanshu
Barman, Krishna Deb
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Garg, Vijay Kumar
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description Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) is a rare, inherited disorder that predisposes patients to widespread human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas. There is still no definitive therapeutic modality for EV. A 24 year old male patient with EV was treated with oral zinc sulphate, one of the cheapest and safe immuno-modulator available as therapeutic agent with satisfactory result.
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spelling pubmed-39374902014-03-10 Efficacy of oral zinc therapy in epidermodysplasia verruciformis with squamous cell carcinoma Sharma, Sudhanshu Barman, Krishna Deb Sarkar, Rashmi Manjhi, Mukesh Garg, Vijay Kumar Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) is a rare, inherited disorder that predisposes patients to widespread human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas. There is still no definitive therapeutic modality for EV. A 24 year old male patient with EV was treated with oral zinc sulphate, one of the cheapest and safe immuno-modulator available as therapeutic agent with satisfactory result. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3937490/ /pubmed/24616858 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.126034 Text en Copyright: © Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Efficacy of oral zinc therapy in epidermodysplasia verruciformis with squamous cell carcinoma
title Efficacy of oral zinc therapy in epidermodysplasia verruciformis with squamous cell carcinoma
title_full Efficacy of oral zinc therapy in epidermodysplasia verruciformis with squamous cell carcinoma
title_fullStr Efficacy of oral zinc therapy in epidermodysplasia verruciformis with squamous cell carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Efficacy of oral zinc therapy in epidermodysplasia verruciformis with squamous cell carcinoma
title_short Efficacy of oral zinc therapy in epidermodysplasia verruciformis with squamous cell carcinoma
title_sort efficacy of oral zinc therapy in epidermodysplasia verruciformis with squamous cell carcinoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3937490/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.126034
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