Cost-benefit analysis of ivermectin, permethrin and benzyl benzoate in the management of infantile and childhood scabies

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1521-1524

  Elgart, Mervyn L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzyl benzoate; Ivermectin; Permethrin; Scabies

Indexed keywords

BENZYL BENZOATE; IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; PERMETHRIN; PETROLATUM; SULFIRAM; SULFUR; TEMUTEX;

CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFERTILITY; NEUROTOXICITY; PRURITUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCABIES; SEIZURE; SKIN PROTECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; BENZOATES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; IVERMECTIN; PERMETHRIN; SCABIES;

EID: 0141517152     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.4.9.1521     Document Type: Review

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