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Treatment of postherpetic neuralgia with prostaglandin E1 ointment a preliminary study

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    Junji Shirakawa, Yoshie Kimura, Yoshio Horikawa & Hidefumi Obara

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Shirakawa, J., Kimura, Y., Horikawa, Y. et al. Treatment of postherpetic neuralgia with prostaglandin E1 ointment a preliminary study. J Anesth 6, 95–100 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/s0054020060095

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