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Do you treat patients with head lice? Vander Stichele,(1) et al., compared the efficacy of eight regimens for the treatment of head lice. They found that permethrin 1% cream rinse was more effective in the treatment of head lice than was lidane or pyrethrin.

1 R. H. Vander Stichele, et al.,"Systematic Review of Clinincal Efficacy of topical Treatments for Head Lice", BMJ, 1995, Vol. 311, pp. 604-608.

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