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  • Chickenpox is characterized by redness of the skin and clusters of small fluid-filled blisters that rupture and crust, usually beginning on the chest and back and spreading to the face and extremities.

    (From S Weinberg, Color Atlas of Pediatric Dermatology, 3 ed, 1998, McGraw-Hill, Fig. 121; with permission.)

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