Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drugs & Aging
- Vol. 25 (12) , 991-1006
Abstract
Herpes zoster (HZ) results from reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) that has been persistent and clinically dormant in spinal ganglia or cranial sensory nerves since primary infection with...Keywords
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