Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics

Case Report

Herpes zoster complicated by deep vein thrombosis : a case report

Woo-Yeon Cho, Young-Kuk Cho, Jae-Sook Ma

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2009;52(5):607-610. Published online May 15, 2009

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes two diseases: Varicella, a generalized, primary infection, and herpes zoster (zoster), a secondary infection caused by latent VZV reactivation. Zoster can also be caused by latent VZV reactivation after a varicella vaccination. The complications associated with varicella include cutaneous infections, which are the most common, as well as pulmonary and neurological involvement. However, a deep...

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Original Article

Varicella Zoster Virus Spicific IgG Antibody Titer in Vaccinated and Infected Children

Young Eun Lee, Eun Ae Park, Kyung hee Kim

Clin Exp Pediatr. 1996;39(7):934-942. Published online July 15, 1996

Purpose : Varicella is mild self limited disease with vesicular skin eruption but highly contagious and accompanied many complications. Especially, varicella is fatal in leukemic children and immunocompromised children. The live varicella zoster virus was first developed by Takahashi et al. in the 1974. This vaccine has now been licensed for general use in Europe and the United States as well as in Korea.. The...

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A clinical study on varicella zoster virus infection and treatment in children with malignant lymphoproliferative disease.

Hak Won Kim, Jae Won Oh, Sung Hee Oh, Ha Baik Lee, Hahng Lee

Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(9):1246-1254. Published online September 30, 1991

Vaircella Zoster Virus (VZV) infection is usually a benign disease in normal hosts, but it is known to result in high risk for visceral dissemination and mortality in immunocompromised hosts, as in the children with malignant diseases, especially with malignant lymphoproliferative diseases. Therefore, passive or active immunization and antiviral therapeutic modality have been tried to control visceral dissemination and thus to decrease mortality in...

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