Herpes zoster in the first year of life following postnatal exposure to varicella-zoster virus: Four case reports and a review of infantile herpes zoster

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1268-1272

  Kurlan, Julia G ^a   Connelly, Beverly L ^b   Lucky, Anne W ^b,c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Dermatology Associates of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; NAFCILLIN;

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS CULTURE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 5444274074     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.10.1268     Document Type: Review

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