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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 21, 1989 - Issue 1
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Original Article

Isoprinosine Does not Influence the Natural History of Herpes Zoster or Postherpetic Neuralgia

Christopher M. E. Rowland Payne Westminster Hospital, Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School, University of London, London, Great Britain
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A. Paul Menday Leo Laboratories-Limited, Princes Risborough, Bucks, Great Britain
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Thomas Rogers Westminster Hospital, Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School, University of London, London, Great Britain
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Richard C. D. Staughton Westminster Hospital, Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School, University of London, London, Great Britain
Pages 15-18 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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