Lesson of the Week: Seabather's eruption—a case of Caribbean itch

BMJ

Volumn 312, Issue 7036, 1996, Pages 957-

  Macsween, Ruth M ^a   Williams, Hywel C ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; SEA WATER; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COELENTERATE; CORAL; DERMATITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JELLYFISH; LARVA; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SEA ANEMONE; SKIN BIOPSY; SWIMMING; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TROPICS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CARIBBEAN REGION; HUMANS; MALE; PRURITUS; SCYPHOZOA; SEAWATER; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0029939981     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7036.957     Document Type: Article

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