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... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring > Purines > Purinones > Hypoxanthines > Guanine > Acyclovir > Valacyclovir

Preferred term

Valacyclovir  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Valaciclovir

Scope note

  • A prodrug of acyclovir that is used in the treatment of HERPES ZOSTER and HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INFECTION of the skin and mucous membranes, including GENITAL HERPES.

History note

  • 2019 (1994)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000077483

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