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Volume 332:611-612 March 2, 1995 Number 9
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Scabies

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by Spach, D. H.
To the Editor: The Images in Clinical Medicine entitled "Norwegian Scabies in a Patient with AIDS" (Sept. 22 issue)1 are superb, but I take issue with the use of the term "Norwegian" scabies. "Crusted" scabies is appropriate,2 whereas "Norwegian" is truly derogatory and should be discarded, just as "mongolism" has been replaced by "Down's syndrome."


Lawrence Charles Parish, M.D.
1819 J.F. Kennedy Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19103

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  1. Spach DH, Fritsche TR. Norwegian scabies in a patient with AIDS. N Engl J Med 1994;331:777-777. [Free Full Text]
  2. Parish LC, Lomholt G. Crusted scabies: alias Norwegian scabies. Int J Dermatol 1976;15:747-748. [Medline]
 
To the Editor: The hyperkeratotic plaque-like lesions of Norwegian scabies shown in a patient with AIDS1 are very representative. Since 1983, we have diagnosed Norwegian scabies in 6 of 1100 patients with AIDS. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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