Treatment of scabies: Newer perspectives

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 951, 2005, Pages 7-11

  Karthikeyan, Kaliaperumal ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; BENZYL BENZOATE; CROTAMITON; IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; MALATHION; PERMETHRIN; SULFIRAM; SULFUR;

ARTHRALGIA; BURNING SENSATION; CHILD; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYALGIA; NEUROTOXICITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRURITUS; RASH; REVIEW; SCABIES; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; SCABIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 13244272288     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.018390     Document Type: Review

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