Sulfur for scabies outbreaks in orphanages

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 448-453

  Pruksachatkunakorn, Chulabhorn ^a   Damrongsak, Maliwan ^b   Sinthupuan, Sombat ^c  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b Chiang Mai Orphanage Foundation   (Thailand)

^c Viengping Children's Home   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; BENZYL BENZOATE; CROTAMITON; IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; PERMETHRIN; PETROLATUM; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONVULSION; DEATH; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSARTHRIA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORPHANAGE; PANCYTOPENIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCABIES; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; SYNCOPE; THAILAND; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFANT; ORPHANAGES; SCABIES; SULFUR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036710623     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2002.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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