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To the Editor: Topical application of an -lactalbumin and oleic acid complex was shown by Gustafsson and coworkers (June 24 issue)¹ to reduce the size of cutaneous papillomas significantly after a three-week course of treatment. At two years of follow-up, all warts had resolved in 83 percent of patients. In the accompanying Perspective article, Bouwes Bavinck and Feltkamp² imply that the complex may represent a breakthrough treatment for warts, and citing a review by Gibbs et al.,³ they state that at present, "simple preparations containing salicylic acid are the only topical treatments for which there is good evidence of efficacy . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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