The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 55-58 , July 2011

Altered Mental Status from Acyclovir

  • Gabriel J. Martinez-Diaz, BS

      Affiliations

    • Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
    • ,
  • Renee Hsia, MD, MSC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint Address: Renee Hsia, md, msc, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, 1001 Potrero Hill, SFGH - NH-1E21, San Francisco, CA 94110

Received 16 April 2009 ,Revised 28 June 2009 ,Accepted 10 August 2009.

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PII: S0736-4679(09)00781-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.08.048

The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 55-58 , July 2011

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