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Papers: 19 Jan 2019 - 25 Jan 2019


Human Studies


2019 Jun


Pain Pract


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Sleep shortage is associated with postherpetic neuralgia development through hyperesthesia and acute pain intensity: a community-based prospective cohort study.

Authors

Yamada K, Kubota Y, Shimizu Y, Cui R, Mori Y, Okuno Y, Asada H, Yamanishi K, Iso H
Pain Pract. 2019 Jun; 19(5):476-483.
PMID: 30659740.

Abstract

There are no community-based studies investigating the association between sleep duration and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) development. The aim of the current study was to examine the association of sleep with herpes zoster (HZ) incidence and PHN.