Evaluation of demographic and clinical characteristics of 166 patients with herpes zoster in the Kirsehir region


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ACER E., KAYA ERDOĞAN H., Bulur I., Acar E. M.

TURKDERM-TURKISH ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEROLOGY, cilt.52, sa.3, ss.95-99, 2018 (ESCI) identifier identifier

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Background and Design: Herpes zoster (HZ) occurs by reactivation of the latent varicella zoster virus at dorsal root ganglia. In the literature, there are studies on socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with HZ in our country and in the world, however, there has been no study performed in our region. We aimed to evaluate demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with HZ and to investigate differences and similarities with other epidemiological studies in Turkey and in the world.