Onset of adult varicella in relation to rural or urban origin and its complications

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-97

  Raza, Naeem ^a,c   Tariq, Waheed Uz Zaman ^b   Zaidi, Sabeen Khurshid ^b  

^a Peshawar Cantonment   (Pakistan)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c PAF Hospital Faisal   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adults; Chickenpox; Complications; Epidemiology; Varicella; Varicella Zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CALAMINE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHICKENPOX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 42149114117     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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