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What is shingles?
Title
What is shingles? [electronic resource].
Published
[Bethesda, Md.] : National Institutes of Health, [200-?]
Notes
Available as both streaming video (4 min., 15 sec., WMV file, sd., col.) and downloadable video (4 min., 15 sec., WMV file, sd., col.) files.
Title from title frame.
"Photos and images used in this video courtesy of The American Academy of Dermatology (all rights reserved), the New Zealand Dermatological Society (all rights reserved), the Department of Dermatology, Health Waikato, NZ and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases."
Accompanied by transcript in HTML format.
Summary
Defines and describes shingles, a virally-induced skin disease. Includes an account by one elderly patient and commentary by Stephen Straus, Director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Adriana Marques, M.D., Researcher, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 11, 2009
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System requirements: Internet browser; multimedia software player capable of playing Windows Media Video files.
Mode of access: Internet via the NIH SeniorHealth web site. Addresses as of 10/28/09: http://nihseniorhealth.gov/shingles/aboutshingles/video/shingles1.html and http://nihseniorhealth.gov/shingles/aboutshingles/video/shingles1%5Fmp300.html ; current access available via PURL.
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