The management of post-herpetic neuralgia - If early treatment fails, patients should be referred to pain clinics

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Cunningham, AL [1 ]
Dworkin, RH
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[1] Westmead Millenium Inst, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
[2] Univ Rochester, Sch Med & Dent, Ctr Analges Res, Rochester, NY 14618 USA
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英国惠康基金;
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10.1136/bmj.321.7264.778
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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