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Clinical presentation and risk factors of increased scabies cases in the Western region of Saudi Arabia in 2016-2018

Mohammed Wasil A. Jastaniah, Ziad Faisal K. Zimmo, Mazen Waleed S. Bakallah, Mohannad Saeed M. Hantoush and Mohammed Abdal-Aziz
Saudi Medical Journal August 2019, 40 (8) 820-827; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.8.24360

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