Sudden death of a child who had pain in the knee and varicella: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 594-596

  Hamner, Dyson L ^a   Lyon, Roger M ^b   Emans, John B ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 0029928687     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199604000-00015     Document Type: Article

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