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Does acute pain associated with herpes zoster respond to treatment with gabapentin?

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The synopsis was written by Martina Habeck, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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Moulin, D. Does acute pain associated with herpes zoster respond to treatment with gabapentin?. Nat Rev Neurol 2, 298–299 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0195

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