Scabies in the elderly [6]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-107

  Gimênez García, Rosa ^a,b   de la Lama Lopez Areal J ^a   Avellaneda Martinez, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; PERMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SKIN BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; PERMETHRIN; SCABIES;

EID: 0742289602     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00379.x     Document Type: Letter

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