Souvenir from the Hamptons - A case of cutaneous larva migrans of six months' duration

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 334-335

  Esser, Adam C ^a,b   Kantor, Irwin ^a   Sapadin, Allen N ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Creeping eruption; Cutaneous larva migrans; Ground itch; Uncinarial dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; TIABENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; NEW YORK; THIABENDAZOLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033202446     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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