Complications of varicella in healthy children in Izmir, Turkey
Articles > Article · 2010
Authors: Nuri Zafer KURUGÖL, O. Halicioglu, I. Devrim, G. Koturoglu, F. Vardar, C. Dizdarer, M. Helvacı
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, International, WoS, 2010, vol 14, pp e470-e471
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.663
Summary
Background: Varicella is usually a benign and self-limited childhood illness. Complications are thought to be quite rare in immunologically healthy children. However, studies report that varicella epidemiology is changing and that the rate of hospitalization in immunocompetent children are more frequent than previously thought.