Don't forget how severe varicella can be-complications of varicella in children in a defined Polish population

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Gowin, Ewelina ^a   Wysocki, Jacek ^a   Michalak, Michał ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Hospitalization; Pneumonia; Varicella

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BRONCHITIS; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DEHYDRATION; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; POLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SKIN INFECTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URTICARIA; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; POLAND; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84877679969     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.11.024     Document Type: Article

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