Bed bugs: A new morning for the nighttime pests

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 482-483

  Heymann, Warren R ^a  

^a Based on the dialogue Scabies and bed bugs between Kimberly D Morel   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CHEMOKINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYTOKINE; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; NITRIC OXIDE; PESTICIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN; SALIVA PROTEIN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLISTER; CIMEX; CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; INFESTATION; INSECT BITE; INSECT CONTROL; MAST CELL; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; URTICARIA; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HUMANS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 60149088486     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.07.026     Document Type: Article

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