Herpes zoster in immunocompetent and immunocompromised Japanese children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 275-279

  Takayama, Naohide ^a   Yamada, Hideo ^a   Kaku, Hidefumi ^a   Minamitani, Mikio ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Herpes zoster; Immunocompetent children; Immunocompromised children

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; JAPAN; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE OF ONSET; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 0034126524     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2000.01227.x     Document Type: Article

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