Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus
"Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Virus infection of the Gasserian ganglion and its nerve branches characterized by pain and vesicular eruptions with much swelling. Ocular involvement is usually heralded by a vesicle on the tip of the nose. This area is innervated by the nasociliary nerve.
| Descriptor ID |
D006563
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.466.423.466 C02.325.450 C11.294.800.450
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Prescott CR, Cohen EJ, Hochman JS, Troxel AB, Lu Y, Twi-Yeboah A, Jimenez CL, Mian SI, Mazen CY, Warner DB, Baratz KH, Jeng BH. Baseline Participant Characteristics at Enrollment in the Zoster Eye Disease Study. Cornea. 2024 Dec 01; 43(12):1473-1480.
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Vrcek I, Choudhury E, Durairaj V. Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus: A Review for the Internist. Am J Med. 2017 Jan; 130(1):21-26.