Population-based studies of varicella complications
HA Guess, DD Broughton, LJ Melton III… - Pediatrics, 1986 - publications.aap.org
Population-based data on vanicella complications are presented using information both
from national sample surveys of hospitalizations and physician office visits and from reviews
of medical records for all cases occurring within one community (Olmsted County,
Minnesota) during a specified period. Acute cerebellar ataxia is the most common
neurologic complication of varicella and occurs about once in 4,000 vanicella cases among
children younger than 15 years of age. Among adults, varicella pneumonia is the most …
from national sample surveys of hospitalizations and physician office visits and from reviews
of medical records for all cases occurring within one community (Olmsted County,
Minnesota) during a specified period. Acute cerebellar ataxia is the most common
neurologic complication of varicella and occurs about once in 4,000 vanicella cases among
children younger than 15 years of age. Among adults, varicella pneumonia is the most …
