CONGENITAL VARICELLA
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Congenital varicella syndrome: presenting with eye complications.
INDIAN PEDIATRICS 653 VOLUME 43JULY 17, 2006 pole of the right orbital globe with thinning of the optic nerve and atrophy of extraocular muscles. The CT features were suggestive of sequelae of an infarct involving right internal carotid artery (Fig. 2). The patient’s specific IgG antibody (by ELISA) against varicella, obtained on 2 occasions two months apart showed rising titres. Specific IgM v...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
سال: 1995
ISSN: 1034-4810,1440-1754
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1995.tb00887.x