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" Shingles : "
Mary-Ellen Siegel and Gray Williams.
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BL
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960424
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b714794
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Siegel, Mary-Ellen.
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Shingles : : new hope for an old disease /\ Mary-Ellen Siegel and Gray Williams.
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Updated ed.
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Lanham, Md. :: M. Evans,, ©2008.
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xii, 165 pages ;; 23 cm
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1590771370
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: 9781590771372
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1590771419
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9781590771419
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Includes index.
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Originally published under the title: Living with shingles, ©1998.
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What is shingles? -- The varicella zoster virus -- How shingles is treated -- Post-herpetic neuralgia -- Other complications of shingles -- Preventing shingles: the promise of vaccines -- Questions and answers aboutshingles.
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This book shows the reader how early recognition of symptoms, along with the use of the newest antiviral drugs, can hasten recovery from shingles and its complications. Detailing causes, symptoms, treatments, and ways of finding the best care for shingles and PHN, Shingles also discusses recent developments in preventing shingles through the use of a varicella vaccine.
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Shingles (Disease), Popular works.
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Herpes Zoster, Popular Works.
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Herpesvirus 3, Human, Popular Works.
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Shingles (Disease)
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616.5/22
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RC147.H6S56 2008
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WC 575S571L 2008
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Siegel, Mary-Ellen.
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Williams, Gray,1932-
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