Acyclovir therapy for immunocompetent children with chickenpox

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1261-1262

  Manfredi, Roberto ^a   Chiodo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 0030926754     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513641     Document Type: Article

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