10-Minute consultation: Herpes zoster ophthalmicus

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7718, 2009, Pages 457-458

  Lam, Fook Chang ^a   Law, Allison ^b   Wykes, William ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Southbank Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FAMCICLOVIR; GABAPENTIN; VALACICLOVIR;

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG PREFERENCE; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PAIN CLINIC; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VESICULAR RASH; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; ARTICLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 69449094935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2624     Document Type: Short Survey

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