Segmental zoster paresis of limbs: Report of three cases and review of literature

Neurologist

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 313-317

  Kawajiri, Sumihiro ^a   Tani, Momo ^a   Noda, Kazuyuki ^a   Fujishima, Kenji ^a   Hattori, Nobutaka ^a   Okuma, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; EMG; Herpes zoster; Paresis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DERMATOME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DYSESTHESIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGMENTAL ZOSTER PARESIS;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 34548596654     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31811e9d6d     Document Type: Article

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