Varicella pneumonia in adults: Review of 22 cases;Neumonía por varicela en el adulto: Estudio de 22 casos

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 493-495

  De La Peña, Lorenzo ^a   Izaguirre, Daniel ^a   Aguirrebengoa, Koldo ^a   Grande, Carmen ^a   Montejo, Miguel ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Adult; Varicella pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0142174209     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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