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Cold Sores (cont.)

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Authors: Mohamad El Mortada, MD, MaryAnn Tran, MD, Corrine Young, PharmD, Mary Nettleman, MD, MS

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com

Previous contributing author and editor:

Author: Thomas H Scott, DO, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.

Coauthor(s): Tara Shapiro, DO, Assistant Director of Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Steven L Bernstein, MD, Vice-Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Emergency Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mt Sinai School of Medicine.


Last Editorial Review: 3/31/2008


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Herpes Simplex Infections (Cold Sores, Non-Genital) - Describe Your Experience

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