Pain caused by herpes zoster infection

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 813-832

  Cluff, R S ^a   Rowbotham, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CAPSAICIN; DESIPRAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; MAPROTILINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE; STEROID; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ZIMELDINE;

DERMATOME; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE ROOT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 0031795388     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8619(05)70099-2     Document Type: Article

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