The incidence of herpes zoster.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on August 24, 1995

Authors

J G Donahue1, P W Choo, J E Manson, R Platt

Author Affiliations

1: Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., USA.

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