Varicella-zoster virus hepatitis – a rare complication of primary infection in immunocompetent children?

Maja Pietrzak; Maria Pokorska-Śpiewak

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Varicella-zoster virus hepatitis – a rare complication of primary infection in immunocompetent children?

Maja Pietrzak

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Maria Pokorska-Śpiewak

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Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, Regional Hospital of Infectious Diseases in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Clin Exp HEPATOL 2024; 10, 3: 170-175

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ceh.2024.142548

Online publish date: 2024/09/16

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Varicella-zoster virus hepatitis – a rare complication of primary infection in immunocompetent children?

Maja Pietrzak 1 , Maria Pokorska-Śpiewak 1

Maja Pietrzak

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Maria Pokorska-Śpiewak

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