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Higher dose versus lower dose of antiviral therapy in the treatment of herpes zoster infection in the elderly: a matched retrospective population-based cohort study

Published:2014-09-04 Issue:1 Volume:15 Page:
ISSN:2050-6511
Container-title:BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology
language:en
Short-container-title:BMC Pharmacol Toxicol

Author:

Lam Ngan N,Fleet Jamie L,McArthur Eric,Blake Peter G,Garg Amit X

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/2050-6511-15-48.pdf

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