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Reversion of serum VZV-IgG antibody preceding disseminated visceral varicella zoster after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

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We thank Harutaka Katano and Hideki Hasegawa, Department of Pathology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, for performing VZV immunohistochemistry and VZV-DNA PCR.

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  1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan

    Sayaka Arakawa, Hidenori Kage, Haruka Chino, Satoshi Noguchi, Yasuhiro Yamauchi & Takahide Nagase

  2. Department of Pathology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Munetoshi Hinata, Akimasa Hayashi, Tetsuo Ushiku & Masashi Fukayama

  3. Department of Hematology and Oncology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Takashi Toya & Mineo Kurokawa

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Arakawa, S., Kage, H., Chino, H. et al. Reversion of serum VZV-IgG antibody preceding disseminated visceral varicella zoster after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Ann Hematol 96, 529–530 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-016-2876-7

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