Oral Ganciclovir for the Prevention of Cytomegalovirus Disease in Persons with AIDS
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- 6 June 1996
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 334 (23), 1491-1497
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199606063342302
Abstract
In the advanced stages of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease, particularly vision-damaging retinitis due to CMV, is common. We evaluated prophylactic treatment with orally administered ganciclovir as a way to prevent CMV disease.Keywords
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