Unilateral postherpetic neuralgia is associated with bilateral sensory neuron damage

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 789-795

  Oaklander, Anne Louise ^a,b   Romans, Katharine ^a   Horasek, Sylvia ^a   Stocks, Adelaine ^a   Hauer, Peter ^a   Meyer, Richard A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NEURITE; NOCICEPTION; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN BIOPSY; SPINAL GANGLION; TISSUE INJURY; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 0031737712     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410440513     Document Type: Article

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