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. 2013 Apr;6(2):125-7.
doi: 10.1093/ckj/sft024.

Of mites and men: scabies in patients with kidney disease

James Tollitt  1 , Alison Duncan  2 , Alexander Woywodt  1
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Of mites and men: scabies in patients with kidney disease

James Tollitt et al. Clin Kidney J. 2013 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: pruritus; scabies.

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Scabies in early 19th century France. Cartoon by Hippolyte Bellangé. Image in the public domain [28]. Throughout history, scabies is often reported during war and the author of the cartoon may have observed cases in returning soldiers of Napoleon's armies.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Crusted scabies in a patient with advanced CKD. Reproduced from [29], with permission.
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