'Wake sign': An important clue for the diagnosis of scabies

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 711-714

  Yoshizumi, J ^a   Harada, T ^b  

^a Yoshizumi Dermatology Clinic   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFESTATION; JAPAN; MITE; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCABIES; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; STRATUM CORNEUM;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; SCABIES;

EID: 68249135085     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03010.x     Document Type: Article

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