Recommendations for the management of herpes zoster.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on January 01, 2007

Authors

Robert H Dworkin1, Robert W Johnson, Judith Breuer, John W Gnann, Myron J Levin, Miroslav Backonja, Robert F Betts, Anne A Gershon, Maija L Haanpaa, Michael W McKendrick, Turo J Nurmikko, Anne Louise Oaklander, Michael N Oxman, Deborah Pavan-Langston, Karin L Petersen, Michael C Rowbotham, Kenneth E Schmader, Brett R Stacey, Stephen K Tyring, Albert J M van Wijck, Mark S Wallace, Sawko W Wassilew, Richard J Whitley

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA. robert_dworkin@urmc.rochester.edu.

Associated clinical trials:

Identify the Frequency of Enteric Zoster Through Salivary Varicella-Zoster Virus(VZV) DNA Polymerase Chain Reaction(PCR) | NCT03862092

Regional Anesthesia to Relief Zoster Pain | NCT04133142

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