Instructive case: Neonatal chickenpox

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 76-77

  Isaacs, D ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFOTAXIME; FLUCLOXACILLIN; HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

BREAST FEEDING; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 0033995566     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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