Treatment of recalcitrant herpes simplex virus with topical imiquimod

Cutis

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 276-277

  Hirokawa, Dawn ^a   Woldow, Adam ^a   Lee, Susanne Nussen ^b   Samie, Faramarz ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Dermpath Diagnostics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMIQUIMOD;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AMINOQUINOLINES; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858194918     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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