Diagnosis and treatment of scabies in 2002

Prescrire International

Volumn 11, Issue 61, 2002, Pages 152-155

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Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; BENZYL BENZOATE; CROTAMITON; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSECTICIDE; IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; MALATHION; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID; STEROID; SULFIRAM; SULFUR; TIABENDAZOLE;

AGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREAM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRANCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; SCABIES;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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