Comparative Study of 5% Permethrin Cream and 1% Lindane Lotion for the Treatment of Scabies

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 167-170

  Schultz, Margaret W ^a   Gomez, Minerva ^b   Hansen, Ronald C ^c   Mills, John ^d   Menter, Alan ^e   Rodgers, Harold ^f   Judson, Franklyn N ^g   Mertz, Gregory ^h   Handsfield, H Hunter ⁱ  

^a Burroughs Wellcome Co   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Private Practice   (United States)

^g Denver Disease Control Service   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINDANE; PERMETHRIN;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ERUPTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCABIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFANT; INSECTICIDES, BOTANICAL; LINDANE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRINS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SCABIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025019675     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1990.01670260037006     Document Type: Article

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