A prognostic score for postherpetic neuralgia in ambulatory patients

Infection

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 359-363

  Meister, W ^a   Neiss A ^f   Gross, G ^e   Doerr, H W ^c   Hobel W ^a   Malin, J P ^d   Von Essen, J ^e   Reimann, B Y ^a   Witke, C ^a   Wutzler, P ^b  

^a SmithKline Beecham Pharma GmbH   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PROGNOSIS; RASH; SACRUM; SCORING SYSTEM; SKULL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 15144358590     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02770836     Document Type: Article

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