2012-12-28Zeitschriftenartikel
Epidemiology and cost of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in Germany
Ultsch, Bernhard; Köster, Ingrid; Reinhold, Thomas; Siedler, Anette; Krause, Gérard; Icks, Andrea; Schubert, Ingrid; Wichmann, Ole
After acquiring a varicella virus infection, the virus can reactivate and cause herpes zoster (HZ)—a painful skin rash. A complication of HZ is long-term persistence of pain after the rash has resolved (so-called postherpetic ...
