Lesson of the week Norwegian scabies misdiagnosed as an adverse drug reaction

BMJ

Volumn 320, Issue 7226, 2000, Pages 35-36

  Almond, d s ^a   Green, C J ^b   Geurin, D M ^c   Evans, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c University Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ERUPTION; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; SCABIES; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; SCABIES;

BENZYL BENZOATE; PERMETHRIN;

EID: 0034061928     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7226.35     Document Type: Article

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