"Neuralgia, Postherpetic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Pain in nerves, frequently involving facial SKIN, resulting from the activation the latent varicella-zoster virus (HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN). The two forms of the condition preceding the pain are HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; and HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS. Following the healing of the rashes and blisters, the pain sometimes persists.
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D051474
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.668.829.600.550 C23.888.592.612.664.550
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neuralgia, Postherpetic" by people in Profiles.
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Chen YC, Figliozzi RW, Hsia SV. Pilot Analyses of Interferon Subtype Expression Profiles in Patients with Herpes Zoster or Postherpetic Neuralgia. Viral Immunol. 2021 09; 34(7):437-447.
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Ing MR, Hellreich PD, Johnson DW, Chen JJ. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for chronic post-herpetic neuralgia. Int J Dermatol. 2015 Apr; 54(4):476-80.