Treatment of first episodes of genital herpes simplex virus infection with oral acyclovir. A randomized double-blind controlled trial in normal subjects.

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Published in N Engl J Med on April 21, 1983

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Y J Bryson, M Dillon, M Lovett, G Acuna, S Taylor, J D Cherry, B L Johnson, E Wiesmeier, W Growdon, T Creagh-Kirk, R Keeney

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