Atypical recurrent varicella in 4 patients with hemopathies

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 442-447

  Nikkels, Arjen F ^a,b   Simonart, Thierry ^c   Kentos, Alain ^c   Liesnard, Corinne ^a   Sadzot Delvaux, Catherine ^c   Feremans, Walter ^c   Piérard, Gérald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SMEAR; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 0037340925     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2003.94     Document Type: Article

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