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Lice - References

Citations

  1. Mathieu ME, Wilson BB (2005). Lice (pediculosis). In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., pp. 3302–3304. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.

  2. Frankowski BL, et al. (2002). Head lice. Pediatrics, 110(3): 638–642.

  3. Hill N, et al. (2005). Single blind, randomized, comparative study of the Bug Buster kit and over-the-counter prediculicide treatments against head lice in the United Kingdom. BMJ, 331(7513): 384–387.

  4. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2003). FDA advisory: Lindane. American Family Physician, 68(4): 764.

  5. Drugs for head lice (2005). Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics, 47(1215/1216): 68–70.

  6. Dodd CS (2006). Interventions for treating headlice. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (1). Oxford: Update Software.

  7. Dawes M, et al. (1999). Evidence-based case report: Treatment for head lice. BMJ, 318: 385–386.

  8. Pollack RJ, et al. (1999). Differential permethrin susceptibility of head lice sampled in the United States and Borneo. Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine, 153: 969–973.

  9. Downs AMR, et al. (1999). Evidence for double resistance to permethrin and malathion in head lice. British Association of Dermatologists, 141: 508–511.

Other Works Consulted

  • Abel EA (2005). Parasitic infestations. In DC Dale et al., eds., ACP Medicine, section 2, chap. 8. New York: WebMD.

  • Drutz JE (2004). Arthropods. In RD Feigin et al., eds., Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 5th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2835–2840. Philadelphia: Saunders.

  • Roberts RJ, et al. (2000). Comparison of wet combing with malathion for treatment of head lice in the U.K.: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 356: 540–544.

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Last Updated: November 24, 2006
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