Safety and efficacy of high-dose intravenous acyclovir in the management of neonatal herpes simplex virus infections.

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Published in Pediatrics on August 01, 2001

Authors

D W Kimberlin1, C Y Lin, R F Jacobs, D A Powell, L Corey, W C Gruber, M Rathore, J S Bradley, P S Diaz, M Kumar, A M Arvin, K Gutierrez, M Shelton, L B Weiner, J W Sleasman, T M de Sierra, S Weller, S J Soong, J Kiell, F D Lakeman, R J Whitley, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Collaborative Antiviral Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA. dkimberlin@peds.uab.edu

Associated clinical trials:

A Study to Describe the Pharmacokinetics of Acyclovir in Premature Infants (PTN_Acyclo) | NCT00942084

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