Findings in vivo of Sarcoptes scabiei with incident light microscopy

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 266-267

  Brunetti, Bruno ^a   Vitiello, Amalia ^b   Delfino, Sergio ^c   Sammarco, Elena ^b  

^a Santa Maria della Speranza   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Incident light microscopy; Sarcoptes scabiei

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031843587     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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