Prevalence of postherpetic neuralgia after a first episode of herpes zoster: Prospective study with long term follow up

British Medical Journal

Volumn 321, Issue 7264, 2000, Pages 794-796

  Helgason, Sigurdur ^a   Petursson, Gunnar ^b   Gudmundsson, Sigurdur ^c   Sigurdsson, Johann A ^b  

^a Arbaer Health Care Centre   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c Directorate of Health   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; ICELAND; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034734905     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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