Acyclovir for treating primary herpetic gingivostomatitis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Nasser, Mona ^a   Fedorowicz, Zbys ^b   Khoshnevisan, Mohammad H ^c   Tabarestani, Maryam Shahiri ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY IN HEALTH CARE IQWIG   (Germany)

^b Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE COST; HERPES; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HERPETIC GINGIVOSTOMATITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMATITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55049099982     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006700.pub2     Document Type: Review

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