Genital Herpes (cont.)
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Authors and Editors
Author: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Editor: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
Previous contributing authors and editors:
Author: David Karras, MD, Director of Research,
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Emergency
Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine.
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;
Ron Fuerst, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Carolina College of Medicine; Director, Children's Emergency Center, Children's Hospital of Richland Memorial Hospital.
Last Editorial Review: 8/19/2009
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