Treatment of scabies and pediculosis: Facts and controversies

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 511-518

  Wolf, Ronni ^a   Davidovici, Batya ^a  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYL BENZOATE; IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; MALATHION; OVIDE; PERMETHRIN; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FOMITE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCABIES; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; THERAPY RESISTANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; SCABIES; SWIMMING POOLS;

EID: 77955963460     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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