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Higher dose versus lower dose of antiviral therapy in the treatment of herpes zoster infection in the elderly: a matched retrospective population-based cohort study

BACKGROUND: Higher versus lower doses of antiviral drugs used to treat herpes zoster infection may lead to more adverse drug events in older adults, particularly those with chronic kidney disease. METHODS: We conducted a matched retrospective population-based cohort study of older adults (mean 77 ye...

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Autores principales: Lam, Ngan N, Fleet, Jamie L, McArthur, Eric, Blake, Peter G, Garg, Amit X
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25186142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2050-6511-15-48