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

Clicks: 397
ID: 115370
1998
Free PDF
Article Quality & Performance Metrics
Overall Quality Improving Quality
0.0 /100
Combines engagement data with AI-assessed academic quality
AI Quality Assessment
Not analyzed
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 …
Reference Key
p1998britisha Use this key to autocite in the manuscript while using SciMatic Manuscript Manager or Thesis Manager
Authors Brocklehurst P;Kinghorn G;Carney O;Helsen K;Ross E;Ellis E;Shen R;Cowan F;Mindel A;;
Journal british journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Year 1998
DOI
DOI not found
URL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9532986
Keywords
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

Citations

No citations found. To add a citation, contact the admin at info@scimatic.org

Comments

No comments yet. Be the first to comment on this article.