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Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus

Known as: Ophthalmic zoster, herpes zoster ophthalmic, Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus [Disease/Finding] 
Virus infection of the Gasserian ganglion and its nerve branches characterized by pain and vesicular eruptions with much swelling. Ocular involvement… Expand
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Herpes zoster disease

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Review
2017
Review
2017
A systematic review and meta-analysis on herpes zoster and the risk of cardiac and cerebrovascular events
Background Patients who develop herpes zoster or herpes zoster ophthalmicus may be at risk for cerebrovascular and cardiac… Expand
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Risk of Stroke Following Herpes Zoster: A Self-Controlled Case-Series Study
BACKGROUND Herpes zoster is common and vaccine preventable. Stroke risk may be increased following zoster, but evidence is sparse… Expand
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Unilateral herpes zoster ophthalmicus results in bilateral corneal nerve alteration: an in vivo confocal microscopy study.
PURPOSE Herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO), thought to be a unilateral disease, results in loss of corneal sensation, leading to… Expand
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Increased risk of stroke after a herpes zoster attack: a population-based follow-up study.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Varicella zoster virus-induced vasculopathy and postherpes zoster attack stroke syndromes have been… Expand
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Review
2007
Review
2007
Severe complications of herpes zoster.
  • Antonio Volpi
  • Herpes : the journal of the IHMF
  • 2007
    • Corpus ID: 25619628
The usual presentation of herpes zoster is as a self-limiting vesicular rash, often accompanied by post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Herpes zoster guideline of the German Dermatology Society (DDG).
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes varicella (chickenpox), remains dormant in dorsal root and cranial nerve ganglia and can be… Expand
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Review
2002
Review
2002
Evaluation and management of herpes zoster ophthalmicus.
Herpes zoster ophthalmicus occurs when the varicella-zoster virus is reactivated in the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal… Expand
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Famciclovir for the Treatment of Acute Herpes Zoster: Effects on Acute Disease and Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Herpes zoster (shingles) develops in as many as 20% of all persons [1]. The characteristic zoster rash is often accompanied by… Expand
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1983
1983
Complications of herpes zoster ophthalmicus.
Of 86 patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus seen at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn, from 1975 to 1980, 61 had some form of… Expand
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Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Herpes zoster ophthalmicus.
To the Editor.— The article by Pratesi et al in theArchives(34:640-641, 1977) illustrates well the intracranial arteritis that… Expand
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