TY - GEN AU - Rullán García, Manuel AU - Bulilete, Oana AU - Leiva Rus, Alfonso AU - Soler Mieras, Aina AU - Roca, Antonia AU - Jose Gonzalez-Bals, Maria AU - Lorente, Patricia AU - Llobera Cànaves, Joan AU - PHN Grp PY - 2017 DO - 10.1186/s13063-016-1729-y SN - 1745-6215 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/20403 AB - Background: Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a chronic neuropathic pain that results from alterations of the peripheral nervous system in areas affected by the herpes zoster virus. The symptoms include pain, paresthesia, dysesthesia, hyperalgesia, and... LA - eng PB - BioMed Central (BMC) KW - Postherpetic neuralgia KW - Gabapentin KW - Herpes zoster KW - Prevention KW - Primary health care KW - Analgesics KW - Amines KW - Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids KW - Clinical Protocols KW - Spain KW - Antiviral Agents KW - Humans KW - Acyclovir KW - Middle Aged KW - Double-Blind Method KW - gamma-Aminobutyric Acid KW - Pain Measurement KW - Herpes Zoster KW - Research Design KW - Male KW - Quality of Life KW - Time Factors KW - Female KW - Sleep KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Neuralgia, Postherpetic KW - Valine TI - Efficacy of gabapentin for prevention of postherpetic neuralgia: study protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial TY - research article ER -