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Herpes Zoster During Pregnancy Near Term: to Treat or Not to Treat?
Author(s) -
Thami Gurvinder P.,
Kanwar Amrinder J.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1999.tb03420.x
Subject(s) - pregnancy , term (time) , medicine , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , biology , genetics , physics , quantum mechanics
EDITORIAL COMMENT: We accepted this short report for publication since the case will interest readers and our editorial committee considers that the treatment described was correct, Acyclovir and similar drugs are widely used in pregnancy for herpes simplex, and as stated in this paper there is clear benefit to the patient of early treatment of herpes zoster.
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