Pathophysiology of pain with reference to herpes zoster

Reviews in Medical Virology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-23

  Johnson, R W ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; FAMCICLOVIR; FLECAINIDE; KETAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; MEXILETINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALACICLOVIR;

AGE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; REVIEW;

EID: 0029878941     PISSN: 10529276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1654(199603)6:1<17::AID-RMV160>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Review

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