Fatal outcome of varicella in children

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Kernbach Wighton, Gerhard ^a   Oehmichen, Manfred ^b,c   Saternus, Klaus Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchopneumonia; Complications; Haemorrhagic type; Sudden death; Varicella

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BACTERIOLOGY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHICKENPOX; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEPATITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEPHRITIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRICIAN; PERICARDITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN DISEASE; SUDDEN DEATH; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0038754094     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00120-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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