Does skin temperature difference as measured by infrared thermography within 6 months of acute herpes zoster infection correlate with pain level?

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 198-201

  Han, Sun Sook ^a   Jung, Cheol Hee ^a   Lee, Sang Chul ^a   Jung, Hae Jung ^b   Kim, Yang Hyun ^b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute herpes zoster; Post herpetic neuralgia; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DEMOGRAPHIC DATA; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; MEAN TEMPERATURE; NON-INVASIVE; SKIN LESION; SKIN TEMPERATURES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TREATMENT OUTCOMES;

DISEASES; INFRARED IMAGING;

THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOME; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; HERPES ZOSTER; INFRARED THERMOMETER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BACK; FACE; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77954447332     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2009.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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