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Can vaccinating older adults against varicella zoster virus prevent herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia?

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Steiner, I. Can vaccinating older adults against varicella zoster virus prevent herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia?. Nat Rev Neurol 1, 18–19 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0037

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