2-Day versus 5-day famciclovir as treatment of recurrences of genital herpes: Results of the FaST study

Sexual Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-225

  Bodsworth, N ^a   Bloch, M ^a   McNulty, A ^a   Denham, I ^a   Doong, N ^a   Trottier, S ^a   Adena, M ^a   Bonney, M ^a   Agnew, J ^a   Abdurahman, I ^a   Ajam, A ^a   Alexander, R ^a   Aung, A ^a   Barry, S ^a   Becker, B ^a   Belbin, M ^a   Bishop, C ^a   Bisshop, F ^a   Bourne, C ^a   Brett, T ^a   Brown, K ^a   Butler, A ^a   Carmody, C ^a   Chan, D ^a   Chuah, J ^a   Conway, D ^a   Daly, C ^a   Davies, S ^a   Davis, C ^a   Davis, B ^a   Dayan, L ^a   D'Bras, L ^a   Eisen, D ^a   Eliades, C ^a   Elisha, B ^a   Fairley, C ^a   Feiglin, A ^a   Freeman, A ^a   Furner, V ^a   Garland, S ^a   Genn, W ^a   Giannakopoulos, J ^a   Glass, F ^a   Gold, J ^a   Goswami, J ^a   Gowers, A ^a   Grech, J ^a   Hackney, P ^a   Hanson, B ^a   Hartnell, K ^a   Harvey, C ^a   Hasan, M ^a   Hawkins, S ^a   Heley, S ^a   Herbst, D ^a   Hespe, C ^a   Irlicht, M ^a   Isaacs, A ^a   Katahanas, L ^a   Kelly, M ^a   Komarowski, P ^a   Kostic, G ^a   Kozminsky, M ^a   Lagios, K ^a   Lee, D ^a   Lewis, P ^a   Liang, T ^a   Lyttle, H ^a   MacKellar Michelmore, H ^a   MacLeod, H ^a   Marsh, L ^a   Marshall, L ^a   McCloskey, J ^a   McCurdy, D ^a   McEvoy, P ^a   McFarlane, R ^a   McKeegan, P ^a   McMurchie, M ^a   McNamee, K ^a   Medland, N ^a   Menon, A ^a   Meyerowitz, C ^a   Michaels, W ^a   Mobbs, M ^a   Montague, A ^a   Nicola, N ^a   Nurcombe, C ^a   O'Connor, C ^a   Ooi, C ^a   Ostrowskyl, O ^a   O'Sullivan, M ^a   Owen, L ^a   Papp, K ^a   Patten, J ^a   Panopoulous, D ^a   Pell, C ^a   Quan, D ^a   Quin, J ^a   Rhodes, D ^a   Rowles, S ^a   Rowling, D ^a   Ryan, S ^a   Sasadeusz, J ^a   Shanahan, J ^a   Sherwin, P ^a   Sim, Y ^a   Singer, C ^a   Sloan, D ^a   Smith, D ^a   Smyth, L ^a   Staunton Smith, T ^a   Stepankova, E ^a   Stephens, N ^a   Steward, J ^a   Szwarcberg, M ^a   Taylor, R ^a   Taylor, K ^a   Tee, B ^a   Thind, G ^a   Towner, B ^a   Waddell, R ^a   Webster, J ^a   White, J ^a   Wilcox, G ^a   Williams, H ^a   Wils, E ^a   Workman, C ^a   Wright, R ^a   Yeong, W ^a   Zaverdinos, T ^a   Aoki, F ^a   Brassard, A ^a   Diaz Mitoma, F ^a   Lynde, C ^a   Shafran, S ^a   Adolphe, K ^a   Agrawal, S ^a   Allen, A ^a   Bourke, B ^a   Braybook, P ^a   Corradin, L ^a   Dinning, S ^a   Doughty, S ^a   Gagnon, H ^a   Giourouki, M ^a   Goodyear, W ^a   Houlihan, N ^a   Hudson, J ^a   Kent, H ^a   Kenchington, P ^a   Lillie, C ^a   Martin, C ^a   Nagel, R ^a   Pollard, C ^a   Prone, I ^a   Quezdea, M ^a   Rees, V ^a   Richardson, R ^a   Ryan, M ^a   Sarangapany, J ^a   Schmidt, T ^a   Silvers, J ^a   Toohey, T ^a   Margie, S ^a   Jaar, V ^a   Hurford, D ^a   McKenna, S ^a   Meads, D ^a   Binette, M ^a   Cole, J ^a   Deutsch, G ^a   Frost, B ^a   Giagodi, A ^a   Gray, S ^a   Kirkman, M ^a   Kowalczyk, I ^a   Plouffe, B ^a   more..

^a Taylor Square Private Clinic ^*

^b Holdsworth House Medical Practice   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^e Burwood Clinic   (Australia)

^f Infectious Disease Research Centre   (Canada)

^g Covance Pty Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^h Medical Department   (Australia)

Author keywords

Episodic treatment; Short course

Indexed keywords

FAMCICLOVIR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49449103180     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH08013     Document Type: Article

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