Clinical diagnosis of herpes zoster in family practice

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-309

  Opstelten, Wim ^a   Van Loon, Anton M ^a   Schuller, Margje ^a   Van Wijck, Albert J M ^a   Van Essen, Gerrit A ^a   Moons, Karel G M ^a   Verheij, Theo J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dried blood spot; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Herpes zoster diagnosis; Primary health care; Serologic tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RASH; SEROLOGY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXANTHEMA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 34548090726     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.707     Document Type: Article

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