Rare presentation of acute urinary retention secondary to herpes zoster

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 508-509

  Ginsberg, Phillip C ^a,b,c   Harkaway, Richard C ^a   Elisco III, Anthony J ^a   Rosenthal, Brian D ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Urology ^*

^c PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Herpes zoster; Sacral dermatomes; Urinary retention

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; SKIN DISEASE; SPINAL GANGLION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE RETENTION;

AGED; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0031656046     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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