Famciclovir in the management of first-episode genital herpes

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Loveless, Mark ^a   Sacks, Stephen L ^b   Harris, John R W ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FAMCICLOVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTIGO; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 0030668346     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-199709001-00004     Document Type: Article

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