New opportunities in preventative dermatology: How far should we go?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 675-676

  Zhang, Alexandra Y ^a   Elmets, Craig A ^a   Camp, William L ^a   Elewski, Boni E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; GABAPENTIN; LIVE VACCINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLISTER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERPES ZOSTER; MORBIDITY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN DISEASE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER VACCINE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SKIN DISEASES; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33947242836     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Schmader K. Herpes zoster in older adults. Clin Infect Dis 32 (2001) 1481-1486
2. Brisson M., Edmunds W.J., Law B., Gay N.J., Walld R., Brownell M., et al. Epidemiology of varicella zoster virus infection in Canada and the United Kingdom. Epidemiol Infect 127 (2001) 305-314
3. Hope-Simpson R.E. The nature of herpes zoster: a long-term study and a new hypothesis. Proc R Soc Med 58 (1965) 9-20
4. Tenser R.B., and Dworkin R.H. Herpes zoster and the prevention of postherpetic neuralgia: beyond antiviral therapy. Neurology 65 (2005) 349-350
5. Oxman M.N., Levin M.J., Johnson G.R., Schmader K.E., Straus S.E., Gelb L.D., et al. A vaccine to prevent herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in older adults. N Engl J Med 352 (2005) 2271-2284
6. Levin M.J., Murray M., Rotbart H.A., Zerbe G.O., White C.J., and Hayward A.R. Immune response of elderly individuals to a live attenuated varicella vaccine. J Infect Dis 166 (1992) 253-259
7. Willis N.J. Edward Jenner and the eradication of small pox. Scott Med J 42 (1997) 118-121
8. Kinder A., Stephens S., Mortimer N., and Sheldon P. Severe herpes zoster after infliximab infusion. Postgrad Med J 80 (2004) 26
9. Lanthier N., Parc C., Scavennec R., Dhote R., Brezin A.P., and Guillevi L. Infliximab in the treatment of posterior uveitis in Behcet's disease: long-term follow up in four patients. Presse Med 34 (2005) 916-918