Variable response of crusted scabies to oral ivermectin: Report on eight Egyptian patients

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 793-797

  Nofal, A ^a  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Crusted scabies; Oral ivermectin; Variable response

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; KERATOLYTIC AGENT; PERMETHRIN; SALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCABIES; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERMETHRIN; SALICYLIC ACID; SCABIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66749184628     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03177.x     Document Type: Article

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