Herpes Zoster in Otherwise Healthy Children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 451-460

  Feder Jr , Henry M ^a,b   Hoss, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Farmington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ANAMNESIS; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOME; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 2442435530     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000126901.88982.32     Document Type: Review

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