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Case Reports
. 2021 May 28;8(4):e1017.
doi: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000001017. Print 2021 Jul.

Aggressive Herpes Zoster in Young Patients With Multiple Sclerosis Under Dimethyl Fumarate: Significance of CD8+ and Natural Killer Cells

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Aggressive Herpes Zoster in Young Patients With Multiple Sclerosis Under Dimethyl Fumarate: Significance of CD8+ and Natural Killer Cells

Maria C Anagnostouli et al. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. .
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Figure. Herpes Zoster-Rash
Extensive, blistering, herpes zoster (HZ) rash extending from the right back to the anterior chest in (A) patient 1 and from the left back to the anterior chest in (B) patient 2.

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