Postherpetic pain: More than sensory neuralgia?

Pain Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-249

  Weiner, Debra K ^a,d   Schmader, Kenneth E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Myofascial Pain; Older adults; Postherpetic neuralgia

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; VALACICLOVIR;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; MYOTOME; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; TRIGGER POINT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC;

EID: 33646418389     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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