Varicella Zoster Virus: Trends and Treatment

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 187-190

  Braun, Ivy ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 0030194936     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-199607000-00022     Document Type: Article

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