Primary varicella zoster infection associated with fingolimod treatment

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1023-1024

  Uccelli, Antonio ^a   Ginocchio, Francesca ^a   Mancardi, Giovanni Luigi ^a   Bassetti, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FINGOLIMOD;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SYMPTOM; VESICULAR RASH;

EID: 79953185422     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31821043b5     Document Type: Article

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