Treatment resistant head lice: Alternative therapeutic approaches

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 409-410

  Schachner, Lawrence A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; PERMETHRIN; PETROLATUM; SHAMPOO;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFESTATION; NOTE; PEDICULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030930239     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1997.tb00996.x     Document Type: Note

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