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Clinical Features

Original Research: Intravenous Ribavirin—Review of the FDA's Emergency Investigational New Drug Database (1997–2008) and Literature Review

Andrea Riner Division of Antiviral Products, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD
, MPH,
Kirk M. Chan-Tack Division of Antiviral Products, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD
, MD &
Jeffrey S. Murray Division of Antiviral Products, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MDCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, MPH
Pages 5-15 | Published online: 13 Mar 2015

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