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2025 Jan 08


Reg Anesth Pain Med


39779279

Deciphering risk factors for severe postherpetic neuralgia in patients with herpes zoster: an interpretable machine learning approach.

Authors

Park SJ, Han J, Choi JB, Min SK, Park J, Choi S

Abstract

Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a common complication of herpes zoster (HZ). This study aimed to use a large real-world electronic medical records database to determine the optimal machine learning model for predicting the progression to severe PHN and to identify the associated risk factors.