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Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Scabies in a Dermatology Office

Kathryn L. Anderson and Lindsay C. Strowd
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2017, 30 (1) 78-84; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.01.160190
Kathryn L. Anderson
From the Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
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Lindsay C. Strowd
From the Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
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