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Technical comment

Vol. 142 No. 2930 (2012)

Confusion between valGANciclovir (Valcyte®) and vALAcyclovir (Valtrex®)

  • Laure-Zoé Kaestli
  • Caroline Fonzo-Christe
  • Pascal Bonnabry
  • Klara M Posfay-Barbe
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2012.13639
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2012;142:w13639
Published
15.07.2012

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