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An 18 hour old female newborn born to a 3rd gravida HIV -ve mother, presented with a large erythematous patch of skin on right forehead and hazy right eye since birth. There was history of Chicken pox in mother during fourteenth week of pregnancy.
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Harish, R., Jamwal, A. & Dang, K. Congenital varicella syndrome/ vericella zoster virus VZV fetopathy. Indian J Pediatr 77, 92–93 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-009-0259-y
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