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Double-blind cross-over study of levamisole as immunoprophylaxis for recurrent herpes progenitalis
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|March 1, 1978
Abstract:
A double-blind cross-over study of the immunoprophylactic influence of levamisole was undertaken in a study of forty patients with chronic, recurrent herpes progenitalis. Clinical records failed to show significant reduction in the frequency or severity of attacks in levamisole-treated patients when compared with placebo-treated control patients. At evaluation six months after levamisole administration, there was no essential alteration in the course of the disease in the initial treatment group.
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