Is VZV reactivation a common cause of unexplained unilateral pain? Results of a prospective study of 57 patients

Journal of Infection

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-212

  McKendrick, M W ^a   Care, C C ^a   Kudesia, G ^b   Bates, C J ^b   Oxley, M K ^c   Eley, A ^c  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 0033384315     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(99)90051-8     Document Type: Article

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