Atypical, severe presentation of chickenpox.

World J Pediatr

Department of Internal Medicine, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University-Ternopil University Hospital, vul. Klinichna, 1, Ternopil, 46002, Ukraine.

Published: December 2018

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