Demodex mites: Facts and controversies

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 502-504

  Elston, Dirk M ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPHOR; HLA A2 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IVERMECTIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PERMETHRIN; STEROID; SULFUR;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DEMODEX; DEMODEX BREVIS; DEMODEX FOLLICULORUM; DEMODICOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PERIORAL DERMATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSACEA; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN SURFACE;

ACARICIDES; ALOPECIA; ANIMALS; BLEPHARITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; PRURITUS; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

EID: 77956047200     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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