Herpes zoster in Japanese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 327-328

  Ishikawa, O ^a   Abe, M ^a   Miyachi, Y ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS; SKIN TESTS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 0032783260     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1999.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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