PREDNISOLONE DOES NOT PREVENT POST-HERPETIC NEURALGIA

The Lancet

Volumn 330, Issue 8551, 1987, Pages 126-129

  Esmann, V ^a   Kroon, S ^b   Peterslund, N A ^a   Ronne Rasmussen, J O ^b   Geil, J P ^a   Fogh, H ^b   Petersen, C S ^b   Danielsen, L ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CHLORHEXIDINE; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG THERAPY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURALGIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; THERAPY;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0023250429     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(87)92331-2     Document Type: Article

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