Nutrient deficiencies as a risk factor in Taiwanese patients with postherpetic neuralgia

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 700-707

  Chen, Jen Yin ^a,b,c   Chu, Chin Chen ^a   Lin, Yung Song ^d   So, Edmund Cheng ^a   Shieh, Ja Ping ^a   Hu, Miao Lin ^b,e  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Herpes zoster; Nutrient deficiencies; Nutritional status; Postherpetic neuralgia; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ASIAN; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LYCOPENE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINOL BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; TAIWANESE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; RISK FACTORS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TAIWAN;

HERPES ZOSTER;

EID: 80052966373     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511000481     Document Type: Article

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