Herpes Zoster and the Risk of Stroke in Patients With Autoimmune Diseases

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• 作者：Leonard H. Calabrese ; Fenglong Xie ; Huifeng Yun ; Kevin L. Winthrop ; John W. Baddley ; Cassandra Calabrese and Jeffrey R. Curtis
• 刊名：Arthritis & Rheumatism
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：69
• 期：2
• 页码：439-446
• 全文大小：255K
• ISSN：1529-0131

文摘

Herpes zoster (HZ) is an opportunistic infection caused by varicella-zoster virus and observed with increasing frequency in patients receiving immunosuppressive therapies. The literature has suggested that the risk of stroke may increase shortly after HZ, but little is known about this association in patients with autoimmune diseases, who are at increased risk of both zoster and stroke.