Claw hand as a complication of herpes zoster

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-35

  Matondo, P ^a   Lungu, G ^a   Njobvu, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HAND MALFORMATION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LEG; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION;

ADULT; CARBAMAZEPINE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 0033994647     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550003000118     Document Type: Article

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