Varicella gangrenosa.
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 63 (4), 444-445
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.63.4.444
Abstract
A four year old girl presented with varicella gangrenosa, and haematological investiations showed a disseminated intravascular coagulation. The child subsequently develpoed a unilateral deep venous thrombosis. She was treated with oral steroids and intravenous heparin and made a full recovery.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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