[Clinical features of varicella in children in 1980-1999].
OBJECTIVE
To understand clinical features of in-patients with varicella and complications in our hospital during 1980-1999.


METHODS
Age distribution, season characteristics, complication, occurrence of hospitalized varicella patients in 1980-1999 were analyzed.


RESULTS
Varicella mainly occurred in pre-school and school children, most cases were seen in winter and spring. There were 240 hospitalized varicella patients, 160 of whom had complications, 126 patients scattered in 1994-1996 (78.75%). The most often seen complication was skin infection which occurred in 71 patients (44.38%); the second was encephalitis, which occurred in 29 patients (18.12%).


CONCLUSIONS
The occurrence of varicella increased and the disease seemed to be more serious.
Yu
Hui
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The Children's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 20003, China.
Duan
Shucheng
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D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000209:etiology