Managing the pain of postherpetic neuralgia

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 128-129

  Moddeman, Gail ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA;

HUMANS; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC;

EID: 33745776777     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002800-200605000-00008     Document Type: Short Survey

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