Herpes zoster sciatica with paresis preceding the skin lesions. Three case-reports

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 588-591

  Wendling, Daniel ^a   Langlois, Sandrine ^a   Lohse, Anne ^a   Toussirot, Eric ^a   Michel, Fabrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Herpes zoster; Paresis; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISONE; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; ISCHIALGIA; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PAIN; PARESIS; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; PARESIS; SCIATICA; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 10344265933     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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