An observer-blinded study of 1% permethrin creme rinse with and without adjunctive combing in patients with head lice

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 665-670

  Meinking, Terri L ^a,b   Clineschmidt, Coleen M ^a,b   Chen, Cong ^a,b   Kolber, Michael A ^a,b   Tipping, Robert W ^a,b   Furtek, Christine I ^a,b   Villar, Maria Elena ^a,b   Guzzo, Cynthia A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN; SHAMPOO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; GROOMING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 0036844136     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2002.129031     Document Type: Article

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