Bullous chickenpox: An unusual clinical variant of varicella

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 933-935

  Kurban, Mazen ^a   Saleh, Zenus ^a   El Shareef, Myrna ^a   Kibbi, Abdul Ghani ^a   Ghosn, Samer ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHICKENPOX; CHROMATIN; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; GIANT CELL; GRAM STAINING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PRURITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLISTER; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 50149086319     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03733.x     Document Type: Article

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