Permethrin treatment of head lice with knockdown resistance-like gene

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 386-387

  Bialek, Ralf ^a   Zelck, Ulrike E ^a   Fölster Holst, Regina ^b  

^a MVZ Labor Dr Krause und Kollegen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; IVERMECTIN; LEUCINE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG INDUSTRY; EUROPE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GERMANY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS; PEDICULUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251517399     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1007171     Document Type: Letter

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