Adebisi Idowu Obafemi and Nicole Terese Golden. Shingles Radiculoplexoneuropathy.
. 2018; 6(10):210-213. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-6-10-4
shingles, brachial plexopathy, motor weakness, varicella zoster
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