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Wise RP, Salive ME, Braun MM, Mootrey GT, Seward JF, Rider LG, Krause PR, "Postlicensure safety surveillance for varicella vaccine," Journal of the American Medical Association, September 13, 2000, 284(10):1271-9.

The following sources in medical texts and literature provide additional background and case reports for pathology observed with natural chickenpox or herpes zoster.

  1. Ahasan HA, et al. Neuromyelitis optica (Devic's disease) following chicken pox. Trop Doct. 1994;24(2):75-76

  2. Al-Deeb SM, Yaqub BA, Khoja WO. Devic's neuromyelitis optica and varicella. J Neurol. 1993;240(7):450-451

  3. Arvin AM. Varicella-Zoster Virus. In Long SS, Pickering LK, Prober CG, eds. Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1997:1144-1154

  4. Ashkenazi S, Mimouni M, Varsano I. Henoch-Schönlein vasculitis following varicella (letter). Am J Dis Child. 1985;139(5):440-441

  5. Bader-Meunier B, et al. Varicella-associated pancytopenia (letter). Eur J Pediatr. 1990;149(11):810-811

  6. Bordet R, Destée A. Paralysie faciale et varicelle. Rev Neurol (Paris). 1992;148(1):62-63

  7. Bruguier A, et al. Neuromyélite optique ou maladie de Devic, compliquant une varicelle. Arch Fr Pediatr. 1981;38(10):763-764

  8. Brunell PA. Varicella-zoster infections. In Feigin RD, Cherry JD, eds., Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 3rd ed., Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders; 1992:1587-1591

  9. Choy AC, et al. Virus induced erythema multiforme and Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Allergy Proc. 1995;16(4):157-161

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  12. Evers KG, Zippel C, Kruger J. [Varicella arthritis -- a rare complication of varicella]. Monatsschr Kinderheilkd. 1980;128(3):147-152

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  23. Turner JE, Geunes PM, Schuman NJ. Cranial polyneuropathy -- Ramsay Hunt's syndrome: case report and discussion. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 1997;83(3):354-357

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  25. Weisman K, et al. Bullous erythema multiforme following herpes zoster and varicella-zoster virus infection. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 1998;11:147-150

  26. Willoughby RE. Cerebellar ataxia, transverse myelitis and myelopathy, Guillain-Barré syndrome, neuritis, and neuropathy. In Long SS, Pickering LK, Prober CG, eds. Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. New York: Churchill Livingstone;1997:342-349

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