Pain following herpes zoster: Implications for management

Herpes

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 63-65

  Johnson, Robert W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CODEINE; FAMCICLOVIR; GABAPENTIN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MORPHINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; STEROID; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALACICLOVIR;

ARACHNOIDITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HERPES ZOSTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; ANALGESICS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; NEURALGIA;

HERPES; HERPES ZOSTER;

EID: 11244312918     PISSN: 09697667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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