Improved prenatal diagnosis of congenital human cytomegalovirus infection by a modified nested polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-103

  Revello, Maria Grazia ^a   Sarasini, Antonella ^a   Zavattoni, Maurizio ^a   Baldanti, Fausto ^a   Gerna, Giuseppe ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; DNA; Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV); PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AMNION FLUID; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TECHNIQUE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

EID: 0005187769     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199809)56:1<99::AID-JMV16>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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