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Infectious disease

Treatment of pediculosis capitis with topical albendazole

Nakhlé AyoubDermatology Department, Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital and St-Joseph University Medical School, Beirut, LebanonCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ismaël MaatoukDermatology Department, Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital and St-Joseph University Medical School, Beirut, Lebanon
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Martin MerhyDermatology Department, Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital and St-Joseph University Medical School, Beirut, Lebanon
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Roland TombDermatology Department, Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital and St-Joseph University Medical School, Beirut, Lebanon
Pages 78-80 | Received 25 May 2010, Accepted 28 Jun 2010, Published online: 22 Oct 2010

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