Hemidiaphragmatic paralysis: A rare complication of cervical herpes zoster

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 4 NO. 2, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 246-248

  Paudyal, B P ^a   Karki, A ^a   Zimmerman, M ^a   Kayastha, G ^a   Acharya, P ^a  

^a PATAN HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Hemidiaphragmatic Paralysis; Herpes Zoster; Postherpetic Neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; SKIN DEFECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; X RAY;

EID: 33746748854     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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