Efficacy of permethrin cream and oral ivermectin in treatment of scabies

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 915-916

  Abedin, Sarfrazul ^a   Narang, Manish ^b,c   Gandhi, Vijay ^b   Narang, Shiva ^b  

^a RAJIV GANDHI CANCER INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Ivermectin; Permethrin; Scabies

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; PERMETHRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCABIES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; MALE; PERMETHRIN; RECURRENCE; SCABIES; SCHOOLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 36949012948     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-007-0168-x     Document Type: Article

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