Vaccination of chickenpox in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia;Vacunacion de varicela en ninos con leucemia linfoblastica aguda

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 162-165

  Navajas, Aurora ^a   Astigarraga, Itziar ^a   Fernández Teijeiro, Ana ^a   Aga, Magdalena ^a   Redondo, M Luz ^a   Roig, Amparo ^a   Corral, Jesús ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Chickenpox; Varicella; Varicella vaccine

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REMISSION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; HERPES ZOSTER; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 0033021625     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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