A nationwide population-based cohort study to identify the correlation between heart failure and the subsequent risk of herpes zoster.

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Published in BMC Infect Dis on January 16, 2015

Authors

Ping-Hsun Wu1,2, Yi-Ting Lin3, Chun-Yi Lin4, Ming-Yii Huang5, Wei-Chiao Chang6,7, Wei-Pin Chang8

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 970392@mail.kmuh.org.tw.
2: Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 970392@mail.kmuh.org.tw.
3: Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 960254@mail.kmuh.org.tw.
4: Department of Healthcare Management, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan. elaine_lin76@ymail.com.
5: Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. miyihu@kmu.edu.tw.
6: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. weichiao.chang@gmail.com.
7: Master Program for Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. weichiao.chang@gmail.com.
8: Department of Healthcare Management, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan. wpchang@mail.ypu.edu.tw.

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