Neonatal varicella frequently associated with visceral complications: A retrospective analysis

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-28

  Yu, Hong Ren ^a   Huang, Yi Chuan ^a   Yang, Kuender D ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Complication; Neonatal varicella; Postnatal; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PYODERMA; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACYCLOVIR; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037733970     PISSN: 16088115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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