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  • Title: [Clinical features of varicella in children in 1980-1999].
    Author: Yu H, Duan S.
    Journal: Zhonghua Shi Yan He Lin Chuang Bing Du Xue Za Zhi; 2002 Sep; 16(3):229-31. PubMed ID: 12665926.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To understand clinical features of in-patients with varicella and complications in our hospital during 1980-1999. METHODS: Age distribution, season characteristics, complication, occurrence of hospitalized varicella patients in 1980-1999 were analyzed. RESULTS: Varicella mainly occurred in pre-school and school children, most cases were seen in winter and spring. There were 240 hospitalized varicella patients, 160 of whom had complications, 126 patients scattered in 1994-1996 (78.75%). The most often seen complication was skin infection which occurred in 71 patients (44.38%); the second was encephalitis, which occurred in 29 patients (18.12%). CONCLUSIONS: The occurrence of varicella increased and the disease seemed to be more serious.
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