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The mode of action of dimeticone 4% lotion against head lice, Pediculus capitis

BACKGROUND: Treatment of head lice using physically acting preparations based on silicones is currently replacing insecticide use due to widespread resistance to neurotoxic agents. It has been postulated that some products act by asphyxiation, although the limited experimental evidence and the anato...

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Autor principal: Burgess, Ian F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2652450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19232080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2210-9-3