Varicella postexposure prophylaxis in children with cancer: urgent need for a randomised controlled trial

Jessica Bate; Julia Chisholm; Roderick Skinner; Judy Breuer; Mary Ramsay; Keith Wheatley; Sophie Hambleton; Paul T Heath

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2012-302591

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Varicella postexposure prophylaxis in children with cancer: urgent need for a randomised controlled trial

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Jessica Bate 1Division of Clinical Sciences, St Georges University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Julia Chisholm 2Children and Young People’s Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Roderick Skinner 3Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Judy Breuer 4Department of Virology, University College, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mary Ramsay 5Department of Immunisation, Hepatitis and Blood Safety, Health Protection Agency, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Keith Wheatley 6Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sophie Hambleton 7Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Paul T Heath 1Division of Clinical Sciences, St Georges University of London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Jessica Bate, Department of Child Health, St Georges University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK; jbate{at}sgul.ac.uk

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Bate J, Chisholm J, Skinner R, et al

Varicella postexposure prophylaxis in children with cancer: urgent need for a randomised controlled trial

Archives of Disease in Childhood 2012;97:853-854.

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Accepted July 11, 2012
First published August 8, 2012.

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