title: [Painful skin eruptions precedes prolonged pain in herpes zoster. Four cases from general practice and a review].
abstract: Four cases of herpes zoster with prolonged severe pain illustrate the dilemma that specific antiviral therapy cannot be instituted at onset of symptoms in the cases that would most benefit from such therapy: In all four cases the characteristic skin eruption was preceded by severe, but unspecific, pain for several days.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kardel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents
vernacular_title: Smerte før udslaettet varsler langvarige smerter ved herpes zoster.