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Herpes Zoster in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Series of Three Cases

Kidney transplant recipients require lifelong immunosuppression to prevent organ rejection. The need for this intervention, however, leads to decreased cellular immunity and, in turn, increased risk of developing herpes zoster (HZ) from reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus. HZ commonly pres...

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Autores principales: Hanna, Ramy M., Abd-El-Malak, Farid, Alnaser, Ammar, Cader, Rumi, Yabu, Julie M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7670328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33251251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000508807