Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 204-208 , August 2009

Neonatal herpes simplex virus infection

  • Gunilla Malm

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationDepartment of Paediatrics, B57, Karolinska University, Huddinge, 14186 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel.: +46 8 5858 00 00; fax: +46 8 58581410.

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doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2009.01.005

Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 204-208 , August 2009

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