Post herpetic neuralgia and the dermatologist

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 6-11

  Widijanti Sugeng, Maria ^a   Yosipovitch, Gil ^a   Chee Leok, Goh ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BENZYDAMINE; CAPSAICIN; CAPSAICIN DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLOROFORM; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; EMLA; FAMCICLOVIR; INDOMETACIN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LORAZEPAM; MAPROTILINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENOTHIAZINE; PREDNISONE; PROCAINE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALACICLOVIR; VALPROIC ACID;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CORDOTOMY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HERPES ZOSTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CAPSAICIN; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEURALGIA; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0035090281     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2001.00079.x     Document Type: Review

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