Herpetic shoulder paresis in a Chinese elderly patient

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 399-402

  Tam, T C C ^a   Chan, K Y ^a   Ho, S L ^b   Luk, J K H ^a   Chu, L W ^b  

^a GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aged; Herpes zoster; Paresis

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GABAPENTIN; VALACICLOVIR;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRACHIORADIALIS MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; DELTOID MUSCLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LEFT SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOTOME; PARESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; PARESIS; SHOULDER;

EID: 27144517646     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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