- Hank Balfour
- Professor Box 437 UMHC, 15-144 PWB Harvard Street at East River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
EDITOR,—Treatment of an otherwise normal child with chickenpox is probably as controversial in the United States as it is in Britain. Clearly, costbenefit considerations are a—if not the—major issue. Acyclovir shortens the course of chickenpox by 25% to 33% overall. Of more importance is that the …
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