Analgesic Therapy in Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Quantitative Systematic Review
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Analgesic Therapy in Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Quantitative Systematic Review
BACKGROUND Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a complication of acute herpes zoster, which is emerging as a preferred clinical trial model for chronic neuropathic pain. Although there are published meta-analyses of analgesic therapy in PHN, and neuropathic pain in general, the evidence base has been substantially enhanced by the recent publication of several major trials. Therefore, we have conduc...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1549-1676
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020164