Acyclovir given as prophylaxis against oral ulcers in acute myeloid leukaemia: Randomised, Double blind, placebo controlled trial

BMJ

Volumn 310, Issue 6988, 1995, Pages 1169-

  Bergmann, Olav J ^a   Ellermann Eriksen, Svend ^b   Mogensen, Soren C ^b   Ellegaard, Jorgen ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HERPES LABIALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH INFECTION; MOUTH ULCER; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOFT PALATE; VINCENT STOMATITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS, NECROTIZING ULCERATIVE; HERPES LABIALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; STOMATITIS, HERPETIC; ULCER;

EID: 0028988592     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.310.6988.1169     Document Type: Article

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