Herpes zoster infection associated with acute coronary syndrome: A population-based retrospective cohort study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1122-1129

  Wang, C C ^a,b   Lin, C L ^c   Chang, Y J ^c   Wang, G J ^b   Sung, F C ^c,d   Kao, C H ^b,c  

^a Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital Taichung Branch   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN AREA; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAIWAN; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84901027158     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12768     Document Type: Article

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