Clinical correlates of prolonged pain in Japanese patients with acute herpes zoster

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 56-65

  Kurokawa, I ^a,d   Kumano, K ^b   Murakawa, K ^c  

^a Hyogo Prefectural Tsukaguchi Hospital   (Japan)

^b Hyogo College of Medicine   (Japan)

^c HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Hyogo Prefectural Tsukaguchi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Herpes zoster; Japanese patients; Pain; Post herpetic neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; VITAMIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036273938     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000203000109     Document Type: Article

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