Do Interventional Pain Management Procedures during the Acute Phase of Herpes Zoster Prevent Postherpetic Neuralgia in the Elderly?: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
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Vol. 27, No. 6, 2015 771 Received December 18, 2014, Revised January 20, 2015, Accepted for publication February 5, 2015 *These authors contributed equally to this work. Corresponding author: Do Won Kim, Department of Dermatology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, 130, Dongdeok-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu 41944, Korea. Tel: 82-53-420-5838, Fax: 82-53-426-0770, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2015.27.6.771
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