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The pharmacokinetic basis of oral valacyclovir treatment of herpes simplex virus (HSV) or varicella zoster virus (VZV) meningitis, meningoencephalitis or encephalitis in adults

Burke A. CunhaInfectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA;State University of New York, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jeffrey BaronPharmacy Department, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA
Pages 122-125 | Received 08 Apr 2015, Accepted 08 Jul 2015, Published online: 22 Jul 2016

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