Persistent varicella as the initial manifestation of systemic lymphoma

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Ferreira, Márcia ^a   Sanches, Madalena ^a   Teixeira, Marta ^a   Guerra, Marisol ^a   Selores, Manuela ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOFIBROSIS; PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA; RECURRENT DISEASE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

CHICKENPOX; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, PERIPHERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOFIBROSIS; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RECURRENCE;

EID: 41149090095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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