Prophylactic valacyclovir in a patient with recurrent vestibular disturbances secondary to vestibular neuritis

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 487-488

  Amber, Kyle T ^a   Castaño, Johnathan E ^a   Angeli, Simon I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMENHYDRINATE; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HERPES LABIALIS; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HERPES LABIALIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; VALINE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

EID: 84863214063     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2011.10.020     Document Type: Article

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