Scabies: Diagnosis and treatment

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7517, 2005, Pages 619-622

  Johnston, Graham ^a   Sladden, Mike ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYL BENZOATE; CROTAMITON; IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; MALATHION; PERMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE;

BURNING SENSATION; CREAM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SCABIES; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANAMNESIS; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCABIES;

EID: 24944503589     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7517.619     Document Type: Review

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