Acquired intestinal aganglionosis after a lytic infection with varicella-zoster virus

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Holland Cunz, Stefan ^a   Göppl, Max ^a   Rauch, Ulrich ^c   Bär, Claudia ^a   Klotz, Markus ^b   Schäfer, Karl Herbert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES KAISERSLAUTERN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Intestinal aganglionosis; Varicella zoster infection

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ENOLASE; FOSCARNET SODIUM; PROTEIN S 100;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGANGLIONOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SEPSIS; SMALL INTESTINE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; ILEUS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE;

EID: 33644699500     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.12.060     Document Type: Article

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