Varicella zoster with extended prodrome: A case series

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 359-361

  Zerngast, Wendy W ^a   Paauw, Doug S ^b   O'Connor, Kim M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended prodrome; Herpes zoster; Shingles; Varicella zoster

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EYE PAIN; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MALE; OTALGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODROME; RASH; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRODROMAL SYMPTOMS;

EID: 84875219531     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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