Acute herpetic and postherpetic neuralgia: Clinical review and current management

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1986, Pages 651-664

  Portenoy, Russell K ^a   Duma, Christopher ^a   Foley, Kathleen M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; PREDNISONE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THERAPY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NEURALGIA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023008204     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410200602     Document Type: Article

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