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The human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA) haplotype is associated with the onset of postherpetic neuralgia after herpes zoster.
Pain - 1 Jul 2004
Sato-Takeda Masako, Ihn Hironobu, Ohashi Jun, Tsuchiya Naoyuki, Satake Masahiro, Arita Hideko, Tamaki Kunihiko, Hanaoka Kazuo, Tokunaga Katsushi, Yabe Toshio
Abstract excerpt
In some herpes zoster patients, pain persists for more than 3 months or more after healing of vesicular eruptions; this condition is termed postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). We have recently reported the association of the human histocompatibility leukocyte antigens (HLA) haplotype, HLA-A*3303-B*4403-DRB1*1302 with PHN patients; however, it has not been determined whether the haplotype is also associated with herpes...
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