Does supplemental creatine prevent herpes recurrences?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 310-312

  Ness, S R ^a   McCarty, M F ^a  

^a Pantox Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CREATINE; CYCLOCREATINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDEMA; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION; WATER RETENTION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034823935     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1319     Document Type: Article

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