A randomised placebo controlled trial of suppressive acyclovir in late pregnancy in women with recurrent genital herpes infection

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1998
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Abstract
This trial was unable to demonstrate that acyclovir can significantly decrease the number of caesarean section deliveries; however, the number of clinical recurrences was significantly reduced. Two episodes of asymptomatic virus shedding both occurred in women taking acyclovir. At the present time t …
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Authors Brocklehurst P, Kinghorn G, Carney O, Helsen K, Ross E, Ellis E, Shen R, Cowan F, Mindel A
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Journal british journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Year 1998
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9532986
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine pregnancy research support non-u.s. gov't adult female Recurrence pregnancy outcome Clinical Trial Randomized Controlled Trial Double-Blind Method Multicenter Study odds ratio pregnancy complications antiviral agents / therapeutic use* acyclovir / therapeutic use* infectious / drug therapy* herpes genitalis / drug therapy* pmid:9532986 doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10086.x p brocklehurst g kinghorn a mindel cesarean section / statistics & numerical data pregnancy trimester third

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