title: Use of therapeutic drug monitoring in the long-term valaciclovir therapy of relapsing herpes simplex virus encephalitis in children.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Neurology Department, Evelina Children's Hospital at Guys and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Ming.lim@gstt.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Esse
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Menson
authors.forename: C Y William
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000212:Acyclovir / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000737:chemistry; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology*; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010949:Plasma / Q000737:chemistry; D012008:Recurrence; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000077483:Valacyclovir; D014633:Valine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D014633:Valine; D000077483:Valacyclovir; D000212:Acyclovir