Clinical characteristics of and risk factors for herpes zoster after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Haematologica

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 444-446

  Leung, Anskar Y H ^a   Yuen, Kwok Y ^a   Cheng, Vincent C C ^a   Lie, Albert K W ^a   Liang, Raymond ^a   Kwong, Yok Lam ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Herpes zoster; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GANCICLOVIR; VALACICLOVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0036221022     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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