Retinitis following varicella in a vaccinated child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-194

  Ross, Ashley ^a   McLean, Thomas W ^a   Farber, Rebecca ^a   Weaver Jr , R Grey ^a   Chauvenet, Allen ^a   Givner, Laurence B ^a   Shetty, Avinash K ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chickenpox; Child; Leukemia; Retinitis; Varicella

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIVER ENZYME; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SCOPOLAMINE; VINCRISTINE; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; RETINOPATHY; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL; MALE; RETINITIS;

EID: 22244474653     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20118     Document Type: Article

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