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Fatal varicella infection in a girl with systemic lupus erythematosus after oral acyclovir prophylaxis

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Abbreviations

SLE:

Systemic lupus erythematosus

VZV:

Varicella-zoster virus

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Tosei General Hospital, Seto, Japan

    Izumi Hirose & Hideaki Ymamaguchi

  2. Department of Nephrology, Tosei General Hospital, Seto, Japan

    Daijyo Inaguma

  3. Department of Pathology, Tosei General Hospital, Seto, Japan

    Kenzo Ono

  4. Departments of Pathology of Biological Response, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

    Satoko Shimada

  5. Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan

    Jun-ichi Kawada & Hiroshi Kimura

  6. Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan

    Kimiyasu Shiraki

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Hirose, I., Ymamaguchi, H., Inaguma, D. et al. Fatal varicella infection in a girl with systemic lupus erythematosus after oral acyclovir prophylaxis. Eur J Pediatr 165, 280–281 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-005-0066-z

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