Herpes Zoster and Diabetes Mellitus
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Received November 20, 2013. Revised November 25, 2013. Accepted November 25, 2013. Correspondence to: Ivan Chernev ARH Southern WV Clinic, 250 Stanaford Road, Beckley, West Virginia, 25801, USA Tel: +1-304-254-2646, Fax: +1-304-254-2794, 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/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright c The Korean Pain Society, 2014 LETTERS TO EDITORS
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