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Treatment (if any), sex, race, diagnosing physician, number of lesions at diagnosis, number of anatomic locations, or history of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AD<\/jats:styled-content> did not predict time to resolution of\u00a0<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MC<\/jats:styled-content> lesions. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MC<\/jats:styled-content> lesions completely resolved in approximately 50% of children within 12\u00a0months and in 70% within 18\u00a0months. Treatment did not shorten the time to resolution.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/pde.12504","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,1,30]],"date-time":"2015-01-30T07:46:39Z","timestamp":1422603999000},"page":"353-357","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":52,"title":["Molluscum Contagiosum: To Treat or Not to Treat? 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