Thermography as a predictor of postherpetic neuralgia in acute herpes zoster patients: A preliminary study

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-93

  Park, Juhee ^a   Jang, Woo Sun ^a   Park, Kui Young ^a   Li, Kapsok ^a   Seo, Seong Jun ^a   Hong, Chang Kwun ^a   Lee, Jong Beum ^a  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Herpes zoster; Postherpetic neuralgia; Risk factors; Temperature difference; Thermography

Indexed keywords

BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL DATA; HERPES ZOSTER; INFRARED THERMAL IMAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL SKIN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; RISK FACTORS; SKIN LESION; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; THERMAL ASYMMETRY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE;

PATIENT MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655201494     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2011.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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