A New Treatment for Postherpetic Neuralgia
| Autor: | Watson Cp |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
integumentary system business.industry Postherpetic neuralgia viruses Persistent pain Incidence (epidemiology) Varicella zoster virus virus diseases General Medicine medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Rash Dermatology Surgery Pharmacotherapy Medicine medicine.symptom business Complication |
| Zdroj: | New England Journal of Medicine. 343:1563-1565 |
| ISSN: | 1533-4406 0028-4793 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/nejm200011233432110 |
| Popis: | Postherpetic neuralgia is the most frequent and feared complication of herpes zoster, which is the most common neurologic illness in the United States.1 Data from the VZV (Varicella Zoster Virus) Research Foundation, in New York City, indicate that herpes zoster may occur in as many as 850,000 people in the United States each year. Postherpetic neuralgia, when defined as persistent pain occurring one month after the healing of the herpetic rash, affects about 10 percent of patients with herpes zoster. However, the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia is directly related to age. Up to 75 percent of people with herpes zoster . . . |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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