Clinical and economic burden of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in patients from the National Skin Centre, Singapore

• Autors principals: Qiping Chen (Autor), Tun-Ying Hsu (Autor), Roy Chan (Autor), Kosuke Kawai (Autor), Camilo J. Acosta (Autor), Anuj Walia (Autor), Jiun Yit Pan (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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Background/Objectives: There is a scarcity of recent data on the burden of herpes zoster (HZ) and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) in Southeast Asia. We evaluated the prevalence, demographics, and disease burden of HZ and PHN in patients aged ≥ 50 years seen at a tertiary dermatological referral center,...