Visceral varicella-zoster after bone marrow transplantation: Report of a case series and review of the literature

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 810-813

  David, Donald S ^a   Tegtmeier, Bernard R ^a   O'Donnell, Margaret R ^a   Paz, I Benjamin ^a   McCarty, Todd M ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; PANCREAS ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; NAUSEA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VISCERA;

EID: 0032081079     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.230_a.x     Document Type: Article

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