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Varicella-related complications and hospitalisations in a tertiary pediatric medical center before vaccine introduction

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  1. First Department of Paediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital, Thivon and Levadias Str., 11527, Athens, Greece

    Maria Theodoridou, Ioanna Laina & Vassiliki Syriopoulou

  2. Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

    Christos Hadjichristodoulou

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Theodoridou, M., Laina, I., Hadjichristodoulou, C. et al. Varicella-related complications and hospitalisations in a tertiary pediatric medical center before vaccine introduction. Eur J Pediatr 165, 273–274 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-005-0043-6

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