CASES OF HERPES ZOSTER (SHINGLES)
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Cost of shingles: population based burden of disease analysis of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1855
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.s3-3.149.1009