Acute herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 371-405

  Wallace, M S ^a   Oxman, M N ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; RASH; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; VIRUS LATENCY;

EID: 0030978907     PISSN: 08898537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8537(05)70339-4     Document Type: Article

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