Perinatal Chicken Pox (Varicella Zoster Virus) Infection

Chickenpox is due to infection with the varicella zoster virus (VZV), a human alphaherpervirus found worldwide.Classically, the cinical disease is a febrile illness with a pruritic vesicular Cultural Art rash.Maternal chickenpox between 5 days before delivery to 2 days after delivery (perinatal varicella) can cause severe and even fatal illness in

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Prolonged-release melatonin for insomnia – an open-label long-term study of efficacy, safety, and withdrawal

Patrick Lemoine1, Doron Garfinkel2, Moshe Laudon3, Tali Nir3, Nava Zisapel3,41The Clinique Lyon-Lumière, Meyzieu, France; 2Geriatric-Palliative Department, Shoham Geriatric Medical Center, Pardes Hanna, Israel; 3Neurim Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Tel-Aviv, Israel; 4Department of Neurobiology Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Av

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