Varicella zoster virus infections in neuroblastoma patients: A 31-year clinical study

Anticancer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3 C, 2003, Pages 3061-3068

  Izbicki, Tadeusz ^a   Mazur, Joanna ^b   Izbicka, Elzbieta ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chickenpox; Neuroblastoma; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROBLASTOMA; ONCOVIRINAE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROBLASTOMA; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0042623871     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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