Vulval cytomegalovirus coexisting with herpes simplex virus in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and MRC/UN Pregnancy Hypertension Research Unit, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.

Published: December 2003

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