Is herpes zoster an additional complication in old age alongside comorbidity and multiple medications? Results of the post hoc analysis of the 12-month longitudinal prospective observational ARIZONA cohort study

OBJECTIVES: To examine the burden of comorbidity, polypharmacy and herpes zoster (HZ), an infectious disease, and its main complication post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) in young (50–70 years of age: 70−) and old (≥70 years of age: 70+) patients. DESIGN: Post hoc analysis of the results of the 12-month...

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Autores principales: Pickering, Gisèle, Gavazzi, Gaëtan, Gaillat, Jacques, Paccalin, Marc, Bloch, Karine, Bouhassira, Didier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
Materias:
Geriatric Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4762078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26892790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009689

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4762078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26892790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009689

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