Childhood scabies mistaken for langerhans cell histiocytosis

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-112

  Tidman, M J ^a   Adamson, B ^b   Allan, S ^b   Wallace, W H B ^c  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burrow Ink Test; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Scabies

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PERMETHRIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EOSINOPHIL; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PAPULE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCABIES; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACK; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MALE; SCABIES;

EID: 0037276363     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2003.01105.x     Document Type: Article

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