Parasitic skin infestations II, scabies, pediculosis, spider bites: Unapproved treatments

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 618-625

  Orion, Edith ^a,b   Matz, Hagit ^a,b   Ruocco, Vincenzo ^a,b   Wolf, Ronni ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZYL BENZOATE; BIOALLETHRIN; CARBARIL; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CHRYSANTHEMUM EXTRACT; CROTAMITON; CYPROHEPTADINE; DAPSONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; MALATHION; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PERMETHRIN; PETROLATUM; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE; PYRETHRIN; PYRETHROID; SPIDER VENOM ANTISERUM; SULFUR ACID AMIDE; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BRAIN TOXICITY; BURN; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVULSION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ERYTHEMA; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INFESTATION; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PEDICULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCABIES; SEIZURE; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN TINGLING; SPIDER BITE; XEROSIS;

EID: 0036863031     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(02)00281-X     Document Type: Article

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