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Review

Prevention of Herpes Zoster Pain

Robert W JohnsonCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kazuo Higa1 Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, 45-1, 7-chome, Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka8140180, Japan
Pages 63-69 | Published online: 21 Dec 2011

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