Cardiac complications in children following infection with varicella zoster virus

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 647-652

  Abrams, Dominic ^a   Derrick, Graham ^a   Penny, Daniel J ^a   Shinebourne, Elliot A ^a   Redington, Andrew N ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Myocarditis; Pericarditis; Varicella

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYOCARDITIS; NEWBORN; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

CHICKENPOX; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDITIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0035522426     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951101001019     Document Type: Article

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