Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 165-169 , August 1996

Primary Varicella in Adults: Pneumonia, Pregnancy, and Hospital Admission

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Toronto, May 1992.

Received 27 December 1994 ,Revised 2 April 1996 ,Accepted 2 April 1996.

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☆ From the Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut*; Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance California‡; and UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California.§

☆☆ Address for reprints: Jill M Baren, MD, Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Yale University Medical School, 464 Congress Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06519, 203-785-4363, Fax 203-785-4580

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 165-169 , August 1996

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