Recent steroid therapy increases severity of varicella infections in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Hill, Garick ^a   Chauvenet, Allen R ^a   Lovato, James ^a   McLean, Thomas W ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Leukemia; Prednisone; Steroids; Varicella

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; PREDNISONE; STEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CHILD; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; PATHOLOGY;

CHICKENPOX; CHILD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; PREDNISONE;

EID: 33644701248     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0219     Document Type: Article

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