Long-term acyclovir for prevention of varicella zoster virus disease after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation—a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study
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- 1 March 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Hematology in Blood
- Vol. 107 (5) , 1800-1805
- https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2005-09-3624
Abstract
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) disease occurs in 30% of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients who had a history of VZV infection. A safe and effectiKeywords
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