Comparison of new topical treatments for herpes labialis: Efficacy of penciclovir cream, acyclovir cream, and n-docosanol cream against experimental cutaneous herpes simplex virus type 1 infection

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1153-1158

  McKeough, M B ^a   Spruance, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BEHENYL ALCOHOL; PENCICLOVIR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HERPES LABIALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; OINTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS LOAD;

ACYCLOVIR; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FATTY ALCOHOLS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HERPES LABIALIS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034843366     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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