The management of established postherpetic neuralgia: A comparison of the quality and content of traditional vs. systematic reviews

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-72

  Ladhani, S ^a,c   Williams, H C ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Queen's Medical Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZYDAMINE; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLOROETHANE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LORAZEPAM; MAPROTILINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE AGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VINCRISTINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE BLOCK; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MEDLINE; NEURALGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 0031822234     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02315.x     Document Type: Article

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