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Case Report

FATAL VISCERAL VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUS INFECTION WITHOUT SKIN INVOLVEMENT IN A CHILD WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA

Akinobu Matsuzaki Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; Division of Child Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
, MD,
Aiko Suminoe Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
, MD,
Yuhki Koga Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
, MD,
Koichi Kusuhara Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
, MD,
Takuya Hara Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
, MD,
Reina Ogata Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
, MD,
Tetsutaro Sata Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
, MD &
Toshiro Hara Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Pages 237-242 | Received 25 Jul 2007, Accepted 09 Nov 2007, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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