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Study of the natural course and specific immunity after herpes zoster in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving biologic DMARDs

Herpes zoster is a common infection especially in elderly persons. It is caused by reactivation of varicella zoster virus (VZV) that has remained dormant within dorsal root ganglia after primary infection. Besides patients with immunodeficiency and malignancies, zoster incidence is also higher in pa...

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Autores principales: Thomas, Konstantinos, Sfikakis, Petros P., Boumpas, Dimitrios, Boki, Kyriaki, Vassilopoulos, Dimitrios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology (MJR) 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7046058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32185277
http://dx.doi.org/10.31138/mjr.28.3.164