Pruritus and eosinophilia in a 14-year-old girl from Liberia

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 435-437

  Albert, Michael R ^a   Klion, Amy ^b   Turner, Maria L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPHOR; CETIRIZINE; HYDROXYZINE; IVERMECTIN; MENTHOL; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIBERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS;

EID: 0034867909     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2001.116584     Document Type: Article

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