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Varicella-zoster virus prophylaxis with low-dose acyclovir in patients with multiple myeloma treated with bortezomib

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POUR Luděk ADAM Zdeněk BUREŠOVÁ Lucie KREJČÍ Marta KŘIVANOVÁ Andrea SANDECKÁ Viera ZAHRADOVÁ Lenka BÜCHLER Tomáš VORLÍČEK Jiří HÁJEK Roman

Year of publication 2009
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Clinical lymphoma & myeloma
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Faculty of Medicine

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Field Oncology and hematology
Keywords Varicella-zoster virus; acyclovir; multiple myeloma
Description Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) reactivation is a common complication in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) treated with bortezomib, with an incidence rate of 10%-60%. The aim of our study was to analyze the effect of acyclovir prophylaxis in this patient population.
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