Congenital varicella-zoster virus infection and Barrett's esophagus

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 539-543

  Ussery, Xilla T ^b   Annunziato, Paula ^d   Gershon, Anne A ^d   Reid, Barbara S ^d   Lungu, Octavian ^d   Langston, Claire ^d   Silverstein, Saul ^d   Lee, Kenneth K ^c   Baker, Carol J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b East Tennessee Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 0031824091     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517469     Document Type: Article

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