Herpes zoster with motor involvement: Discordance between the distribution of skin rash and localization of peripheral nervous system dysfunction

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 153-157

  Alshekhlee, Amer ^a   Tay, Edward ^b   Buczek, Marek ^b   Shakir, Zaid A ^a   Katirji, Bashar ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

electrodiagnosis; motor weakness; shingles

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; LIMB DISEASE; MONONEUROPATHY; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RASH;

AGED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 79952161013     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: 15371611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CND.0b013e31820d4f31     Document Type: Article

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