Aplastic anemia following varicella vaccine

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 746-748

  Angelini, Paola ^a   Kavadas, Fotini ^a   Sharma, Navneet ^a   Richardson, Susan E ^a   Tipples, Graham ^b   Roifman, Chaim ^a   Dror, Yigal ^a   Nofech Mozes, Yehuda ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse reaction; Children; Immunization; Severe aplastic anemia; Vaccine; Varicella

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

ANAMNESIS; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 68649116313     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31819b6c1f     Document Type: Article

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