Revisiting Childhood Herpes Zoster

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-23

  Nikkels, Arjen F ^a,b   Nikkels Tassoudji, Nazli ^b   Piérard, Gérald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b St Josef Klinik   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DERMATOME; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN INFECTION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; TZANCK SMEAR; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 1342325334     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0736-8046.2004.21104.x     Document Type: Article

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