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Herpes zoster and aseptic meningitis in a previously healthy child

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  1. Service de Pédiatrie, Hôpital régional de Delémont, Switzerland

    Gabor Szinnai & François Farron

  2. University Children's Hospital (UKBB), 4005, Basel, Switzerland

    Gurli Bär & Ulrich Heininger

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Szinnai, G., Farron, F., Bär, G. et al. Herpes zoster and aseptic meningitis in a previously healthy child. Eur J Pediatr 162, 434–435 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-003-1195-x

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