Sarcoptes scabiei Infestation Misdiagnosed and Treated as Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-62

  Burch, Joanna M ^a   Krol, Alfons ^a   Weston, William L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Campus Box B153 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MERCAPTOPURINE; PERMETHRIN; PREDNISONE; VINBLASTINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECZEMA; EPIGASTRIC DISTRESS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFESTATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MOON FACE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RASH; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM;

CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INFANT; SCABIES;

EID: 1342304036     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0736-8046.2004.21113.x     Document Type: Article

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