Herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia: Incidence and risk indicators using a general practice research database

Family Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 471-475

  Opstelten, Wim ^a   Mauritz, Jan W ^a   De Wit, Niek J ^a   Van Wijck, Albert J M ^a   Stalman, Wim A B ^b   Van Essen, Gerrit A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Herpes zoster; Incidence; Neuralgia; Primary care; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036772734     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/19.5.471     Document Type: Article

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