Prolonged oral acyclovir administration associated with neutropenia and thrombocytopenia

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 396-398

  Grella, Mark ^a   Ofosu, Joseph R ^a,b   Klein, Bruce L ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Neutropenia; Oral herpes; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HERPES LABIALIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEUTROPENIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT VIRUS INFECTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0031858361     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(98)90138-3     Document Type: Article

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